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Sundarnaz Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Compound noun

Is "school bus" a compound noun?
  

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Yes.

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I'd analyse it as a composite noun phrase comprised of two separate words, both nouns, where the head (main word) "bus" is modified by "school".

Compound nouns are invariably single words (sometimes hyphenated) like "beehive, "blackbird" "palm-tree", "pillow-case" etc.

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