the compounding form of a free-standing English word; such a combining form usually has only a single, restricted sense of the free word, and may differ from the word phonetically. Compare–proof,–wide,–worthy,–land,–man a form extracted from an existing free word and used as a bound...
Compare –proof, –wide, –worthy, –land, –man a form extracted from an existing free word and used as a bound form, typically maintaining the meaning of the free word, or some facet of it. Compare heli–2, mini–, para–3, –aholic, –gate, –orama Looking for more examples of...