What does portmanteau word mean?

portmanteau word means "a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings".

What is another word for portmanteau word?

Close synonyms include blend, portmanteau. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is portmanteau word a common word?

portmanteau word is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

portmanteau word — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings
“`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”
Synonymsblend portmanteau
Broaderneologism

Questions about portmanteau word

What does portmanteau word mean?: portmanteau word means "a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings".
What is another word for portmanteau word?: Close synonyms include blend, portmanteau. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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