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# compound

noun (a compound, compounds); adjective (compound); verb (compound, compounds, compounded, compounding)

«compound» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (science) A substance made of two or more elements joined chemically: water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compound/#m1)
2. (grammar) A word made from two or more words: "football" is a compound word. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compound/#m2)
3. An area of buildings surrounded by a fence or wall: a prison compound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compound/#m3)
4. (adjective) Made of several parts: a compound sentence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compound/#m4)
5. (verb, formal) To make a problem worse: the cold compounded our troubles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compound/#m5)
6. (maths, adjective) Compound interest: interest earned on the interest too, not just on the starting money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compound/#m6)
7. To be compounded of several things means to be made by mixing them together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compound/#m7)

### In the lessons

In science, compounds are made of elements bonded together. In English lessons compound words and compound sentences are taught. In maths, compound interest grows faster than simple interest; compound shapes are made of rectangles joined together and you find their area part by part. Phrases: chemical compound, compound word, compound interest, compound shape.

### Examples

- Water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compound/#x1)
- "Sunflower" is a compound word. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compound/#x2)
- Find the area of the compound shape by splitting it into two rectangles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compound/#x3)
- A compound sentence joins two sentences with "and", "but" or "so". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compound/#x4)
- The soldiers lived in a fenced compound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compound/#x5)
- (formal) The rain compounded the problems after the flood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compound/#x6)
- With compound interest, 100 at 10% becomes 110, then 121. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compound/#x7)
- The first part is compounded of a comic and a serious theme. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compound/#x8)

### Note

Noun said COM-pound; the verb is often said com-POUND. In science, a compound is different from a mixture: a compound needs a chemical change to separate it. In maths, compound interest each year adds a percentage of the new total.

## In Jewish tradition

In the Torah, to compound means to mix spices or ingredients together by a craftsman's art.

**Interpretation.** The anointing oil was used to make priests, kings and Tabernacle objects holy. Tradition lists its exact spices.

### Examples

- And thou shalt make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil. (Torah EXO.30.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/compound/#x1)

### Note

Noun said COM-pound; the verb is often said com-POUND. In science, a compound is different from a mixture: a compound needs a chemical change to separate it. In maths, compound interest each year adds a percentage of the new total.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «compound» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compound/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«compound» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/compound.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «compound» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/compound/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«compound» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/compound.html) on Mova free.