open compound

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1 English
- 1.1 Noun
  - 1.1.1 Hypernyms
  - 1.1.2 Coordinate terms

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Noun [edit]

open compound (plural open compounds)

(grammar) A compound word with spaces in it. For example: hang out, school bus, science fiction.

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