Compound

Quick meaning: Compound is a noun meaning An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.

Meaning

An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.

More Meanings

1. An enclosure for secure storage.
2. A group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices.
3. (by extension, Philippines) A group of buildings where members of the same extended family live together.
4. Composed of elements; not simple.
5. (mathematics) Dealing with numbers of various denominations of quantity, or with processes more complex than the simple process.
6. (music) An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).
7. Anything made by combining several things.

Example Sentences

a compound word

compound addition

compound proportion

Compound substances are made up of two or more simple substances.

Word Forms

• compounds
• compounding
• compounded

Synonyms for compound

Depending on context, synonyms include gaol, jail, pen, pound, prison, composite.

Antonyms for compound

Common opposites include simple, unsubdivided.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include colonial, decompound, parted, heighten, combine, intensify.

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