composite
Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.
Adjective 4 meanings
Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.
Being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles.
Having factors other than itself and one; not prime and not one.
Belonging to the Asteraceae family (formerly known as Compositae), bearing involucrate heads of many small florets.
Noun 4 meanings
A mixture of different components.
A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.
A plant belonging to the family Asteraceae, syn. Compositae.
A function of a function.
Verb 1 meaning
To make a composite.
“I composited an image using computer software.”
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French composite, from Latin compositus, past participle of compōnō (“put together”). Doublet of compost, compote, and kompot.
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COMPOSITE at a glance
COMPOSITE has 9 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + M 3 + P 3 + O 1 + S 1 + I 1 + T 1 + E 1) and 18 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,660 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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