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
Results 1 - 9 of 9 found about portmanteau word: Portmanteau
>> P Words
Portmanteau, definition of term: Portmanteau
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>> P Words
Portmanteau Wor, definition of term: Portmanteau Wor
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Root Word, definition of term: Root Word
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>> N Words
Nonce Word, definition of term: Nonce Word
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Microsoft Word, definition of term: Microsoft Word
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>> C Words
Compound Word, definition of term: Compound Word
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Entry Word, definition of term: Entry Word
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Key Word, definition of term: Key Word
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