compound
An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.
Noun 4 meanings
An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.
An enclosure for secure storage.
A group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices.
A group of buildings where members of the same extended family live together.
Adjective 3 meanings
Composed of elements; not simple.
“a compound word”
Dealing with numbers of various denominations of quantity, or with processes more complex than the simple process.
“compound addition”
An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).
Verb 4 meanings
To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; to mingle with something else.
“to compound a medicine”
To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.
“to compound a debt”
To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement.
To come to terms of agreement; to settle by a compromise.
“to compound with someone / for something”
Etymology
Possibly from Malay kampong, kampung (“group of buildings, village”), via Dutch or Portuguese, altered under the influence of Etymology 2. Doublet of kampung.
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COMPOUND at a glance
COMPOUND has 8 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + M 3 + P 3 + O 1 + U 1 + N 1 + D 2) and 20 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,219 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with compound
All rhymes- AROUND7
- FOUND9
- GROUND8
- SOUND6
- ROUND6
- FUND8
- BACKGROUND20
- BOUND8
- POUND8
- UNDERGROUND14
- WOUND9
- PROFOUND14
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