Compound Nouns - Examples
Compound nouns are formed when two or more words are combined to create a single noun. These words can be joined together in various ways, such as with a space, a hyphen, or without any spaces.
Below, you will find common examples of compound nouns:
Compound Nouns with Spaces
Air conditioner
Apartment building
Bus stop
Cell phone
Credit card
Data center
Dining room
Emergency room
Eye shadow
Fire alarm
Fire engine
First aid
Full moon
Gas station
High school
Ice cream
Living room
New York
Operating system
Parking lot
Post office
Railroad track
Real estate
Remote control
Salad dressing
Shopping mall
Swimming pool
Traffic light
Washing machine
Water bottle
Compound Nouns with Hyphens
Brother-in-law
Check-in
Editor-in-chief
Father-in-law
Follow-up
Half-brother
High-tech
Mother-in-law
Part-time
Passer-by
Runner-up
Self-esteem
Sister-in-law
Son-in-law
Step-by-step
Take-off
Time-out
Twenty-one
Vice-president
Well-being
Well-known
Write-off
X-ray
Year-end
Zero-tolerance
Long-term
User-friendly
Up-to-date
Three-dimensional
Six-pack
Compound Nouns without Spaces
Airport
Basketball
Bedroom
Bookstore
Butterfly
Classroom
Cupcake
Doghouse
Doorbell
Driveway
Football
Handshake
Homework
Housekeeper
Keyboard
Lighthouse
Moonlight
Newspaper
Pancake
Password
Policeman
Raincoat
Rainbow
Skateboard
Snowflake
Sunshine
Toothbrush
Toothpaste
Wallpaper
Waterfall