When two nouns are connected to make one new word, we call that new word a compound noun or a compound word.
Here are some examples of compound words:
dog and house = doghouse
camp and fire = campfire
news and paper = newspaper
eye and brow = eyebrow
class and room = classroom
This type of compound word is called a closed compound. There is no space between the two words in the new compound word.
Here are some nouns: basket, time, ball, bed, base, room, dinner, foot
We can put two of these words together to make a compound word: basket and ball = basketball
Can you make some compound words using time, ball, bed, base, room, dinner, foot?
There are at least five compound words that we can make with these nouns.
Did you think of any of these compound words?
football, baseball, bedtime, dinnertime, bedroom
These are all closed compound words that we can make using that list of nouns.
We make closed compound nouns by pushing two nouns together to make one word.