Compound (linguistics)
LEXEME THAT CONSISTS OF MORE THAN ONE STEM
Nominal compound; Compound noun and adjective; Compound word; Compound noun, adjective and verb; Compound words; Nominal composition; Noun compound; Word-compounding; Compound nouns; Compound nominal phrase; Compound preposition; Compound term; Nominal compositum; Compound Words; Compound (linguistics; Linguistic compounding; Parasynthetic compound; Word composition; Composed word; Composition (word); Composition (linguistics); Open compound; Spaced compound; Closed compound
In linguistics, a compound is a lexeme (less precisely, a word or sign) that consists of more than one stem. Compounding, composition or nominal composition is the process of word formation that creates compound lexemes.