compound
An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confinedAn enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.
» Lipids are organic compounds.
Липиды — это органические соединения.
Ліпіди — органічні сполуки.
Meaning
11 sensesAn enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.
Komplex, Lager, Block
огоро́женное ме́стоogoróžennoje mésto, компа́ундkompáund
An enclosure for secure storage.
A group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices.
(Philippines, broadly)A group of buildings where members of the same extended family live together.
Komplex, Anwesen, Block
ко́мплексkómpleks, компа́ундkompáund
Anything made by combining several things.
Mischung, Verbindung, Verbung
соедине́ниеsojedinénije, сочета́ниеsočetánije, компа́ундkompáund
A substance formed by chemical bonding of two or more elements in definite proportions by weight.
(chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight
(dated)A substance made from any combination of ingredients.
Verbindung
соедине́ниеsojedinénije
сполу́каspolúka
A legal procedure whereby a criminal or delinquent avoids prosecution in a court in exchange for his payment to the authorities of a financial penalty or fine.
A lexeme that consists of more than one stem.
A lexeme that consists of more than one stem or affix, e.g. "bookshop", "high school" or "non-standard".
A compound locomotive, a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.
Examples
81 sentencesLipids are organic compounds.
Ліпіди — органічні сполуки.
ruЛипиды — это органические соединения.
The plants manufacture complex chemical compounds.
deDie Pflanzen stellen komplizierte chemische Verbindungen her.
Ammonium carbonate is an organic compound.
ruКарбонат аммония - это органическое соединение.
deAmmoniumcarbonat ist eine organische Verbindung.
Organic compounds are generally molecular compounds.
Salicylic acid is an organic compound.
ruСалициловая кислота - органическое вещество.
Translations
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Origin
Possibly from Malay kampong, kampung (“group of buildings, village”), via Dutch or PortuguPossibly from Malay kampong, kampung (“group of buildings, village”), via Dutch or Portuguese, altered under the influence of Etymology 2. Doublet of kampung.
From Middle English compounen, from Middle French componre, compondre (“to put together”), from Latin componō, from Latin com- (“together”) + ponō (“to put”).
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Forms
plural: compoundsSynonyms
13 synonyms- (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight:chemical compound
- a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.:compound word