"closed compound" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: closed compounds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} closed compound (plural closed compounds)
  1. (grammar) A compound word without spaces in it. Categories (topical): Grammar Synonyms: solid compound Hypernyms: compound, compound word Coordinate_terms: open compound Translations (grammar: compound without spaces): (yhteenkirjoitettu) yhdyssana (note: in Finnish, but not in English, all compounds are written without spaces; see open compound) (Finnish), egybeírt összetétel (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-closed_compound-en-noun-pVTUgSZT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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