Compound meaning, definition and synonyms

1. Noun

In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.

2. Verb

To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine.

3. Verb

To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.

4. Verb

To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.

5. Verb

To compose; to constitute.

6. Verb

To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise; to discharge from obligation upon terms different from those which were stipulated; as, to compound a debt.

7. Verb

To effect a composition; to come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; -- usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration.

8. Verb

Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite; as, a compound word.

9. Noun

That which is compounded or formed by the union or mixture of elements ingredients, or parts; a combination of simples; a compound word; the result of composition.

10. Noun

A union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight, so combined as to form a distinct substance; as, water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen.

11. Noun

A substance made from different elements chemically joined together.

A substance formed when two or more elements are chemically bonded in fixed proportions.

“Sodium chloride is an ionic compound.”

12. Noun

(chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight

Vocabulary classified under Chemistry

13. Noun

a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.; "Also common in English is another type of verb-noun (or noun-verb) compound, in which an argument of the verb is incorporated into the verb, which is then usually turned into a gerund, such as breastfeeding, finger-pointing, etc."

Vocabulary classified under Spelling and grammar

14. Noun

an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient)

Vocabulary classified under Engineering