compound
- Noun. an enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.
- Noun. a group of buildings situated close together, eg. for a school or block of offices.
- Adjective. composed of elements; not simple.
- Adjective. (music) This changes the meaning of an interval so that it is an octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).
- Noun. Anything made by combining several things.
- Noun. (chemistry, dated) A substance made from any combination elements.
- Noun. (chemistry) A substance formed by chemical union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight.
- Noun. (linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem; compound word; for example (term, laptop) , formed from (term, lap) and (term, top) .
- Verb. (intransitive) to come together.
- Verb. (intransitive) to come to terms of agreement.
- Verb. (transitive) to put together.
- Verb. (transitive) to add to.
- Verb. (transitive, legal) to settle by agreeing on less than the claim.
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