A compound noun is a noun that is made up of two or more words. A compound noun can be formed with spaces (water tank), without spaces (haircut), and with hyphens (take-off).
Here is a list of the most common compound nouns:
- Afterthought
- Aircraft
- Airline
- Airplane
- Airport
- Anybody
- Anyhow
- Anymore
- Anyone
- Anyplace
- Anything
- Anywhere
- Armchair
- Backache
- Backbone
- Backspace
- Backwoods
- Basketball
- Battlefield
- Become
- Bedroom
- Beeswax
- Birthday
- Birthright
- Blackberry
- Blackbird
- Blackboard
- Blackmail
- Blood-vessel
- Bluebell
- Bodyguard
- Bolthole
- Bookkeeper
- Bookshelf
- Bookworm
- Boyfriend
- Brainstorm
- Bread-bin
- Breakfast
- Brushwood
- Bystander
- Cardboard
- Carefree
- Caretaker
- Carpet
- Chairman
- Classmate
- Clockwork
- Comeback
- Commonsense
- Copyright
- Countdown
- Cowboy
- Cupboard
- Daredevil
- Daydream
- Daylight
- Dead Weight
- Dishwasher
- Doorway
- Downfall
- Downstairs
- Drawback
- Driving License
- Dry-cleaning
- Earring
- Earrings
- Earthwork
- Evergreen
- Everybody
- Everyday
- Everyone
- Everything
- Everywhere
- Eyeball
- Eyeglasses.
- Fatherland
- Fingerprint
- Fire-engine
- Firearm
- Firefly
- Fireman
- Fireplace
- Firework
- First-rate
- Floppy Disk
- Football
- Footlights
- Footman
- Footnote
- Footprint
- Footstep
- Forecast
- Friendship
- Gasworks
- Gentleman
- Goalkeeper
- Goldfish
- Good-morning
- Good-looking
- Goodnight
- Grandfather
- Grandmother
- Greenhouse
- Gun-carriage
- Gunboat
- Gunmetal
- Gunpowder
- Haircut
- Handbook
- Handcuff
- Handwriting
- Hanger-on
- Headache
- Headdress
- Headland
- Headphones
- Headstone
- Headway
- Heartbeat
- Hereafter
- Herewith
- Herself
- Highlands
- Highway
- Himself
- Homework
- Horseback
- Horseplay
- Horsepower
- Hourglass
- Houseboat
- Housekeeper
- However
- Inasmuch
- Income
- Indoors
- Inland
- Inlet
- Input
- Inside
- Instep
- Into
- Itself.
- Joystick
- Keyboard
- Ladybug
- Landlady
- Landmark
- Landslip
- Lawsuit
- Lighthouse
- Lipstick
- Looking-glass
- Lookout
- Loophole
- Manhandle
- Manhole
- Meeting Room
- Moonlight
- Motorcycle
- Myself
- Network
- Newspaper
- Nightcap
- Nobody
- Notebook
- Nothing
- Nowhere
- Offspring
- Oncoming
- Oneself
- Onlooker
- Onto
- Ourselves
- Outburst
- Outcome
- Outcry
- Outdoor
- Outgoing
- Outhouse
- Outlaw
- Outlet
- Outline
- Outlook
- Output
- Outside
- Outskirts
- Outstretched
- Overacting
- Overall
- Overbalancing
- Overbearing
- Overcoat
- Overcome
- Overdo
- Overdose
- Overdressed
- Overdue
- Overfull
- Overhanging
- Overhead
- Overland
- Overleaf
- Overload
- Overlook
- Overseas
- Overseer
- Overshoe
- Overstatement
- Overtake
- Overtaxed
- Overthrow
- Overtime
- Overturned
- Overuse
- Overvalued
- Overweight
- Overworking
- Pancake
- Passer-by
- Photocopy
- Pincushion
- Plaything
- Policeman
- Policewoman
- Popcorn
- Postman
- Postmark
- Postmaster
- Post-office
- Postwoman
- Printer Cartridge
- Public Speaking
- Quicksand
- Railway
- Rainbow
- Raincoat
- Rainfall
- Receivership
- Redhead
- Ringworm
- Runaway
- Runway.
- Sandcastle
- Scarecrow
- Seafood
- Seaman
- Secondhand
- Shorthand
- Shutdown
- Sideboard
- Sidewalk
- Sinkhole
- Skyscraper
- Snowboard
- Software
- Somebody
- Someday
- Somehow
- Someone
- Something
- Sometime
- Somewhat
- Somewhere
- Starlight
- Startup
- Steamship
- Suchlike
- Sunburn
- Sunlight
- Sunshade
- Sweetheart
- Swimming Pool
- Take-off
- Teacup
- Themselves
- Thunderstorm
- Time-sheet
- Today
- Tonight
- Toolbox
- Toothpaste
- Tradesman
- Train-spotting
- Underclothing
- Under-cooked
- Undergo
- Undergrowth
- Undermined
- Undersigned
- Undersized
- Understatement
- Undertake
- Undertaker
- Undervalued
- Undo
- Update
- Upkeep
- Uplift
- Upon
- Upright
- Upstairs
- Uptake
- Uptight
- Upturn
- Viewpoint
- Wallpaper
- Wardrobe
- Washing Machine
- Water Tank
- Waterfall
- Waterproof
- Weekend
- Well-being
- Well-off
- Whatever
- Whenever
- Whereas
- Whereby
- Wherever
- Whichever
- Whitewash
- Whoever
- Windpipe
- Within
- Without
- Woodwork
- Workhouse
- Workman
- Workmanship
- Workout
- X-ray
- Yearbook
- Yourself
- Zookeeper