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Compound nouns (noun + noun) Note the frequency of compound nouns in the previous two examples - holidaymakers, stomach bug, cruise ship, Sunday Times, Renaissance paintings, earthquake.

I have. I am neither a “motor,” nor am I a “mouth.” Yet, I was called a motormouth. The compound word “motormouth” creates a new word with a different meaning. This type of compound word is called a ...