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A group of words such as verb, preposition, adverb,
preposition, noun, or adjective which collectively functions as a noun is
called phrasal noun. It has following three types:
Closed form
Two words are attached together.
E.g. foot + ball =
football, straight + forward = straightforward
Hyphenated form
Two words are connected by hyphen.
E.g. ice + cream =
ice-cream, Indo + Nepalese = Indo-Nepalese
Open form
Two words are connected by space.
E.g. prime + minister =
prime minister, head + teacher = head teacher
Some examples of Phrasal Nouns
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Word I
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Word II
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Phrasal Noun
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Structure
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Radha
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Krishna
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Radhakrishna
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noun + noun
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voice
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over
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voiceover
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noun + preposition
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sun
|
rise
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sunrise
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noun + verb
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attorney
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general
|
attorney general
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noun + adjective
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up
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hill
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uphill
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preposition + noun
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watch
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dog
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watchdog
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verb + noun
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blue
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star
|
blue star
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adjective + noun
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sleeping
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room
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sleeping room
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gerund + noun
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with
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out
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without
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preposition + preposition
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out
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look
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outlook
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preposition + verb
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turn
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over
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turnover
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verb + preposition
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shut
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down
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shutdown
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verb + adjective
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under
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wear
|
underwear
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adjective + verb
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reddish
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brown
|
reddish-brown
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adjective + adjective
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Compound nouns contain multiple words like father-in-law,
in-situ conservation etc.
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