compound word in English

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "compound word",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "compound words",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The lesson was about compound words like workout, workshop, and login."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A compound word is a word made up of smaller words."
      ],
      "id": "simple-compound_word-en-noun-N0ZeiNvd",
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "compound word"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "compound word",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "compound words",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The lesson was about compound words like workout, workshop, and login."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A compound word is a word made up of smaller words."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "compound word"
}

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"compound word" meaning in English

Noun