A compound word is two or more words joined together to form a word with a new meaning.
Examples:
Basket + ball –> basketball.
Come + back –> comeback.
Count + down –> countdown.
Egg + shell –> eggshell.
Here are more than 100 examples of compound words:
- anybody
- anyhow
- airplane
- airfield
- airlift
- anywhere
- armchair
- armpit
- airbrush
- afterburner
- afterglow
- afterimage
- anyway
- airline
- airliner
- airmail
- airman
- allover
- airport
- airport
- airship
- airtime
- aboveboard
- aircraft
- airfield
- allspice
- around
- arrowhead
- ashtray
- authorship
- another
- afterlife
- aftermath
- afternoon
- afterbirth
- airmen
- alongside
- also
- anything
- anytime
- anymore
- anyone
- anyplace
- beachcomb
- became
- because
- become
- bedbug
- backward
- ballpark
- ballroom
- bankbook
- bankroll
- baseball
- basketball
- bedclothes
- bedrock
- blueprint
- boardwalk
- bodyguard
- bodywork
- bellbottom
- bellboy
- bellhop
- below
- blackball
- blackberries
- blackbird
- blackboard
- blackjack
- blacklist
- blackmail
- bluefish
- bluegrass
- boldface
- bookbinder
- bookcase
- backdrop
- backfield
- backfire
- bedroom
- blackout
- blacksmith
- blacktop
- bluebell
- blueberry
- bluebird
- backside
- backslap
- backslide
- backslide
- backspace
- backspin
- babysitter
- backache
- backbite
- backbite
- backbone
- backbreaker
- backdrop
- backfire
- background
- background
- backhand
- backhand
- backspin
- backstage
- backstop
- backstretch
- backstroke
- backstroke
- backtrack
- bedroll
- backlash
- backlash
- backlog
- backlog
- backpack
- backside