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Ways to form a compound noun.
Compound nouns are nouns that are made with two or more words.
Example | Application of compound nouns | |||
Noun | + | Noun | Bus stop | Is this the bus stop for the number 1 bus? |
Fireflies | In these areas, you can see fireflies at night. | |||
Grandmother | The grandmother is looking tired today. | |||
Noun | + | Verb | Sunrise | I like to see the sunrise. |
Raindrop | The raindrop looks beautiful on lotus leaves. | |||
| Handmade | The handmade bag is awesome. | |||
Adjective | + | Noun | Blackboard | Don't break the blackboard. |
| Full moon | Its generally, Holi festival on full moon day. | |||
| Highway | The highway is full of trucks. | |||
Adverb | + | Noun | Overdose | Rakesh had an overdose of sleeping pills. |
| Outside | Lalita went outside. | |||
| Outdoor | Ramu loves playing outdoor games. | |||
Verb | + | Noun | Washing machine | This washing machine is not working properly |
| Swimming pool | That swimming pool is too big. | |||
Adverb | + | Noun | Upstairs | The cat went upstairs to sleep. |
| Downstairs | He went downstairs to open the door | |||
Verb | + | Adverb | Takeover | They were able to launch a takeover of our company. |
Adverb | + | Verb | Output | The code is not giving proper output. |
| Intake | He has been advised to increase his fibre intake. |
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