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Portmanteau

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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

polysemous

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
blendGladstoneGladstone bag
plural
Portmanteaus
possessive
Portmanteau's
pluralpossessive
Portmanteaus'