Compound Words!!! A compound word is one whose stem is made up of two or more simple stems. Following is a list of 160 compound words that you can use to improve and expand your English vocabulary.
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Compound Words
Compound Words List
- Afterlife
- Backstage
- Caretaker
- Daydream
- Egghead
- Firebox
- Goodbye
- Haircut
- Ironwork
- Jackpot
- Keyboard
- Landslide
- Matchbox
- Software
- Nevermore
- Overboard
- Passport
- Railroad
- Sailboat
- Tableware
- Underclothes
- Waistcoat
- Aftermath
- Blackmail
- Carpool
- Dishcloth
- Everything
- Firefighter
- Grandchildren
- Handbook
- Inchworm
- Jawbone
- Skyscraper
- Keynote
- Lawmaker
- Moonlight
- Newsdealer
- Overcoat
- Password
- Raincoat
- Saucepan
- Tablespoon
- Undergraduate
- Wallboard
- Afternoon
- Ballpark
- Coffeemaker
- Driveway
- Eyeballs
- Firehouse
- Granddaughter
- Handmade
- Inland
- Jellyfish
- Keepsake
- Lawsuit
- Motorcycle
- Newspaper
- Overflow
- Patchwork
- Rainfall
- Sandbox
- Taillight
- Upstage
- Wardroom
- Airmail
- Blacklist
- Comeback
- Doorstop
- Eyesight
- Forehead
- Goodnight
- Headhunter
- Inmate
- Jumpshot
- Keyhole
- Lifeguard
- Moonstruck
- Newsroom
- Overland
- Playboy
- Rainmaker
- Schoolbus
- Taxpayer
- Upstream
- Washcloth
- Airport
- Basketball
- Courtyard
- Dishpan
- Earthbound
- Friendship
- Glassmaking
- Highchair
- Infold
- Jerrybuild
- Keyword
- Sunglasses
- Lifesaver
- Meantime
- Nightfall
- Overshoes
- Playmate
- Redcoat
- Schoolroom
- Teammate
- Upriver
- Wastebasket
- Anybody
- Bedroom
- Crosswalk
- Dairymaid
- Earring
- Supermarket
- Forebear
- Grandaunt
- Honeymoon
- Housewife
- Jaywalk
- Keyway
- Lifetime
- Meanwhile
- Noisemaker
- Overabundance
- Ponytail
- Toothpaste
- Riverbank
- Shipbuilder
- Teacup
- Uplift
- Watermelon
- Anything
- Babysitter
- Courtroom
- Daybreak
- Eardrop
- Footnote
- Grasshopper
- Housekeeper
- Inkwell
- Jawbreaker
- Keystroke
- Longhouse
- Motherhood
- Airbrush
- Notebook
- Onetime
- Postcard
- Rubberband
- Shopkeeper
- Timetable
- Upmarket
- Weatherman
- Weeknight
- Typewriter
- Butterscotch
- Authorship
- Toolbox
- Bookmark
- Alongside
Compound Words Examples
- What happened to that woman in the afterlife?
- We went backstage after the show to meet the actors.
- The caretaker is responsible for the maintenance of the school buildings.
- Colin began to daydream about what he would do if he won the lottery.
- He’s going to bring a bunch of egghead economists to his library.
- The firebox is full of smoke, the fire needs more air?
- She said goodbye and thanked us for coming.
- It’s been nearly three months since my last haircut.
- He peeped through the white ornamental ironwork of the gate.
- They scooped the jackpot in yesterday’s lottery.
- The program locks the keyboard until a password is given.
- The village was destroyed by a landslide.
- Why can we get fire by rubbing a match on the matchbox?
- This software is used for modeling atmospheric dynamics.
- And if I ever find her, we nevermore will part.
- Let’s not go overboard.
- I need to renew my passport this year.
- They ran a railroad into the forest region.
- The sailboat keeled over in the storm.
- Which shop has the best selection of tableware?
- Don’t tumble your underclothes.
- His waistcoat was riding up over his stomach.
- A lot of rebuilding took place in the aftermath of the war.
- They used the photographs to blackmail her into spying for them.
- Would you like to join our carpool?
- It was like an old dishcloth by the time I was finished.
- It is right to put everything in its proper use.
- A firefighter saved a little girl’s life at the expense of his life.
- She enjoyed the frequent visits from her grandchildren.
- Her mother bought a handbook of English grammar for her last Sunday.
- Don’t eat me. I am an inchworm. I am useful. I measure things.
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