compounds

noun

Meaning

An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined
A group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices
Anything made by combining several things.
A substance made from any combination elements.
A substance formed by chemical union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight.
A lexeme that consists of more than one stem; compound word; for example laptop, formed from lap and top.
A compound locomotive, a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.
To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts.
To assemble (ingredients) into a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.
To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.
To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise.
To come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration.

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