Learning English Grammar

Compound Words

Close Compound
(written as one word)

aircraft
airline
airplane
airport
anyone
anything
anytime
anywhere
aquamarine
armchair
backbone
backward
backyard
baseball
basketball
bathrobe
bathroom
batman
bedbug
bedroom
bedsheets
beehive
bellboy
billboard
billfold
birthday
birthplace
blackboard
blowout
blueprint
bookcase
bookkeeper
bookmarks
bookworm
bootstrap
boyscout
breakfast
broadcast
broomstick
bumblebee
butterfly
campsite
chairman
checkup
chestnut
childhood
churchyards
classmate
classroom
clockwise
coffeemaker
cookbooks
copyright
countdown
crossbow
cupboard
cupcake
daylight
daytime
doghouse
doorbell
doorknob
doormat
doorstep
doorway
dragonfly
drugstores
dustpan
eggplant
eggshells
everyday
everyone
everything
everywhere
eyeglasses
farmhouse
farmyard
fingernail
fingerprint
firefly
fireman
fireplace
firewall
firewood
fireworks
fisherman
flagpoles
flowerpot
foolproof
football
footprints
forefathers
forehead
friendship
godfather
godmother
goldfish
grandfather
grandmother
grasslands
hairband
hairnet
hairpin
handbag
handballs
handbook
handkerchief
haystack
headache
headquarter
heartbeat
heartbreak
heartbroken
herself
highway
homeroom
homesick
honeycomb
household
housemaid
housemate
housewife
hotdog
innkeeper
inside
insight
jumpsuit
keyboard
keychain
kindhearted
knapsack
lakeshore
lampshade
laptops
lifetime
lightheaded
limestone
mailbox
mailman
matchbox
meatloaf
monsoon
moonlight
necklace
necktie
netbooks
newborn
newsroom
nicknames
nighttime
notebook
nursemaid
outside
outsider
overcoat
overcome
overnight
overtime
pancakes
paperclip
paperwork
passageway
pathway
paycheck
peanut
photoshoot
pineapple
playground
playmate
policeman
poolside
popcorn
postman
proofreading
rainbow
raincoat
raindrop
rattlesnake
ribcage
riverbank
safeguard
salesman
sandbox
sandpaper
schoolmate
seashore
seesaw
shuttlecock
sidewalk
skateboard
softball
someday
somehow
something
sometimes
someway
somewhat
somewhere
spacecraft
spaceship
spiderman
steadfast
storekeeper
storybook
storyteller
strawberry
sugarcane
sunflowers
sunset
sunrise
superhero
Superman
supermarkets
supervise
tablecloth
tablespoon
taxpayer
teammate
teamwork
thanksgiving
thunderstorms
toenails
toothache
treehouse
typewriter
undergraduate
underground
understand
underwater
underwear
underworld
warship
wastebasket
weekday
whiteboard
woodcutter
vineyard
volleyball
yardstick
yellowbelly

Open Compound
(written as separate words)

air conditioner
alarm clock
art paper
bank account
bathing suit
birth control
blood pressure
break time
bright orange
can opener
capital punishment
cell phone
chewing gum
clear book
color pen
color pencil
compact disc
comfort room
coral reef
corn beef
credit card
crystal clear
dance troop
disk drive
dull brown
ear rings
egg roll
face powder
family planning
file case
first aid
flaming red
folk tale
foot rag
fruit juice
fruit salad
girl scout
guard house
heart attack
heart failure
high school
holding hands
human being
ice cream
junk food
lawn mower
lunch break
mark pen
mother tongue
nail cutter
nail polish
oven toaster
palm tree
paper view
peanut butter
pencil case
pine tree
plant box
plastic cover
pocket money
pot holder
purplish blue
real state
remote control
rice cooker
rubber ban
science fiction
school day
school paper
sign language
single file
shoe rag
shoulder bag
show business
sliding door
sliding folder
song hits
star class
swimming pool
table tennis
test paper
test tube
traveling bag
under time
washing machine
water vapor

Hyphenated Compounds
(separated by hyphens)

bottle-fed
child-like
close-up
drive-in
far-off
grown-up
high-speed
high-spirited
home-grown
honey-cured
life-sized
major-general
part-time
rear-admiral
soft-boiled
soft-shelled
two-sided
well-known
well-lighted

brother-in-law
daughter-in-law
editor-in-chief
mother-in-law
officer-in-charge
sister-in-law
son-in-law
teacher-in-charge

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Compound nouns
may be countable or uncountable.

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