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compound

English

  1. 🔊 composed of more than one part
    “compound leaves are composed of several lobes”
  2. 🔊 consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts
    “soap is a compound substance”
  3. 🔊 composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony
    “coral is a colonial organism”
  4. 🔊 an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient)
  5. 🔊 a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
  6. 🔊 (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight
  7. 🔊 put or add together
    “combine resources”
  8. 🔊 combine so as to form a whole
    “compound the ingredients”
  9. 🔊 create by mixing or combining
  10. 🔊 calculate principal and interest
  11. 🔊 make more intense, stronger, or more marked
    “The efforts were intensified”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 mixto compound
  2. 🔊 compuesto compound, composite

Similar words

chemical compound combine intensify heighten deepen combine colonial accommodate acid acidity acronym acrostic add add to adjust admix admixture agent aggrandize aggravate alkali alkalinity alloisomer alloy