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Found 3 hits - Term: portmanteau word, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
portmanteau word \portman"teau word`\, n. see portmanteau.
   a word formed by joining two others; -- as, smog is formed
   from smoke and fog.
   wordnet 1.6
see also:
portmanteau smoke fog 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
portmanteau word
     n : a new word formed by joining two others and combining their
         meanings; "`smog' is a blend of `smoke' and `fog'";
         "`motel' is a portmanteau word made by combining `motor'
         and `hotel'"; "`brunch' is a well-known portmanteau"
         syn: blend, portmanteau
see also:
blend portmanteau 
[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
22 moby thesaurus words for "portmanteau word":
   ambiguity, amphibology, blend, contamination, counterword,
   double entendre, equivocal, equivocality, equivocation, equivoque,
   hybrid, hybrid word, hybridism, macaronic, macaronicism,
   polysemant, portmanteau, portmantologism, pun,
   squinting construction, telescope word, weasel word





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Portmanteau >> P Words
Portmanteau, definition of term: Portmanteau
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Portmanteau Wor, definition of term: Portmanteau Wor
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