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Portmanteau Word

nounid 110510·updated May 18, 2026
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a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings

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Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
blend
plural
Portmanteau Words
possessive
Portmanteau Word's
pluralpossessive
Portmanteau Words'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
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a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings

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