combining form

Noun
  1. A bound form used only in compounds (synset 106318142)
    "`hemato-' is a combining form in words like `hematology'"
    domain member usage:
    • decker - (often used in combinations) something constructed with multiple levels
    • ply - (usually in combinations) one of several layers of cloth or paper or wood as in plywood
    • pounder - (used only in combination) something weighing a given number of pounds
    • footer - (used only in combinations) the height or length of something in feet
    • yarder - (used only in combinations) the height or length of something in yards
    • miler - (used only in combinations) the length of something in miles
    • smitten, stricken, struck - (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
    • columned - having or resembling columns; having columns of a specified kind (often used as a combining form)
    • billed - having a beak or bill as specified
    • bedded - having a bed or beds as specified
    • visaged - having a face or visage as specified
    • boned - having bones as specified
    • proto - indicating the first or earliest or original
    • odd - an indefinite quantity more than that specified
    • scented - (used in combination) having the odor of
    • friendly - easy to understand or use
    • unfriendly - not easy to understand or use
    • filled - (usually followed by `with' or used as a combining form) generously supplied with
    • pseudo - (often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of
    • throated - having a throat as specified
    • storeyed, storied - having stories as indicated
    • hipped - having hips; or having hips as specified (usually in combination)
    • in-chief - indicating the head of a staff
    • mini - used of women's clothing; very short with hemline above the knee
    • midi - used of women's clothing having a hemline at mid-calf
    • maxi - used of women's clothing having a hemline at the ankle
    • neo - (used as a combining form) recent or new
    • minded - (used in combination) mentally oriented toward something specified
    • roofed - covered with a roof; having a roof as specified (often used in combination)
    • regent - acting or functioning as a regent or ruler
    • valued - (usually used in combination) having value of a specified kind
    • size - (used in combination) sized
    • seeded - having seeds as specified
    • tipped - having a tip; or having a tip as specified (used in combination)
    • radio - indicating radiation or radioactivity
    • volumed - (often used in combination) consisting of or having a given number or kind of volumes
    • full, fully, to the full - to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full' in this sense is used as a combining form)
    • good, well - (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well')
    • badly, ill, poorly - (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
    is a type of: bound form, bound morpheme - a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction; eg an -s at the end of plural nouns

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