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Noun

1. blend, portmanteau, portmanteau word

a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings

Example Sentences:
'smog' is a blend of smoke' and fog''
'motel' is a portmanteau word made by combining motor' and hotel''
'brunch' is a well-known portmanteau'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Portmanteau Word

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noun
another name for blend (sense 7)

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Portmanteau Word

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a coined word that is a combination of two other words in form and meaning; blend (Ex.: smog, from smoke and fog)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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