Learn list of 110+ Common Compound Nouns in English with picture and examples.
Ways To Form a Compound Noun
Compound nouns are nouns that are made with two or more words. Here are 08 ways to form a compound noun in English.
- Noun + Noun: girlfriend, greenhouse, football, grandmother, homework, teacup, friendship, etc.
- Noun + Verb: heartbeat, sunrise, raindrop, handmade, haircut, etc.
- Adjective + Noun: blackboard, greenhouse, highway, etc.
- Adverb + Noun: online, overdue, overdose, outside, outdoor, etc.
- Verb + Noun: washing machine, swimming pool, etc.
- Adverb + Verb: output, intake, etc.
- Verb + Adverb : takeover, etc.
- Adverb + Noun: upstairs, downstairs, etc.
List of Compound Nouns in English
- Anymore
- Anyplace
- Anything
- Anywhere
- Airline
- Airport
- Aircraft
- Armchair
- Boyfriend
- Battlefield
- Background
- Basketball
- Battleship
- Backache
- Birthday
- Blackboard
- Bookshelf
- Bookworm
- Booklet
- Breakfast
- Brainstorm
- Briefcase
- Butterfly
- Countdown
- Comeback
- Carpet
- Cowboy
- Cupboard
- Chopstick
- Classmate
- Daredevil
- Dishwasher
- Dishwater
- Doorstop
- Doorway
- Daydream
- Dragonfly
- Everybody
- Everything
- Earrings
- Eyeglasses
- Eyeball
- Evergreen
- Everybody
- Everyday
- Fingerprint
- Fireworks
- Football
- Footprint
- Forecast
- Friendship
- Gentleman
- Goldfish
- Grandfather
- Grandmother
- Grasshopper
- Greenhouse
- Hallway
- Handcuff
- Haircut
- Headache
- Heartbeat
- Handmade
- Highway
- Homework
- Horsefly
- Houseboat
- Inside
- Ladybug
- Landlady
- Leadership
- Lighthouse
- Lifespan
- Moonlight
- Myself
- Notebook
- Newspaper
- Nobody
- Onset
- Outside
- Overboard
- Overdose
- Overdue
- Pancake
- Partnership
- Photocopy
- Policeman
- Popcorn
- Postman
- Railway
- Rainbow
- Raindrops
- Raincoat
- Rattlesnake
- Ringworm
- Sandbags
- Seafood
- Seashore
- Skateboard
- Skyscraper
- Sandcastle
- Snowboard
- Southeast
- Starlight
- Strawberry
- Sunlight
- Sunshine
- Teardrop
- Teacup
- Teapot
- Thunderstorm
- Timetable
- Toolbox
- Waterproof
- Wardrobe
- Weekend
- Yourself
Examples of Compound Nouns | Image
Last Updated on February 27, 2023
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Is in-law a compound word?
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Yes, “in-law” is a compound word. It is made up of two separate words, “in” and “law”, which are joined together to form a new word with a different meaning.
Yes it’s( n+prepositional phrase)compound nouns
Eg.son-in-law
Q1. IDENTIFY and UNDERLINE the compound words, examine their stress patterns and CIRCLE
the syllable that carries the compound stress.
My in-laws are real troublemakers. For example, Mary, my niece who insists that she cannot
eat any seafood and dairy products such as cream cheese, actually has no allergy.
Q2. Mark the FOUR possible oral pauses in the sentence below with a vertical line ( | ).
Please place all the towels that you would like to keep on the towel rail and those you would like
to be changed in the bathtub.
Super and Thank you
Super in grammer
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