Compound noun

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Is 'soccer team' a compound noun?or is soccer a adjective? a word that is describing the team?

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

In this sort of open, 2-word compound noun, all that is needed for the definition to hold is that the first component be a noun.  That noun is acting as an adjective, of course.

Seattleguy · Answer

Soccer here is an adjective, as would be football, hockey, rugby, etc.

A compound noun is two nouns combined into one word, such as "firetruck" or "basketball".

Mister Micawber · Answer

A compound noun is two nouns combined into one word, such as "firetruck" or "basketball".

Not quite right. There are 3 forms of compound nouns:

1-- The "solid" or "closed" forms in which two usually moderately short words appear together as one. Solid compounds most likely consist of short (monosyllabic) units that often have been established in the language for a long time. Examples are housewife, lawsuit, wallpaper, etc.
2-- The hyphenated form in which two or more words are connected by a hyphen. Compounds that contain affixes, such as house-build(er) and single-mind(ed)(ness), as well as adjective-adjective compounds and verb-verb compounds, such as blue-green and freeze-dried, are often hyphenated. Compounds that contain articles, prepositions or conjunctions, such as rent-a-cop, mother-of-pearl and salt-and-pepper, are also often hyphenated.
3-- The open or spaced form consisting of newer combinations of usually longer words, such as distance learning, player piano, lawn tennis, etc.

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