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Compound

/kˈɑmpaʊnd/
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(noun) An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.

The pain from the compound fracture was almost intolerable.
In German, compound words are written as one word!
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Water is a common chemical ____ created from hydrogen and oxygen.

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