Question

Schoolgirl is a compound word consisting of noun + noun

Answer 1

bedroom should be the answer

Answer 2

Answer:

Your question is incomplete. May be your full question is " how is school girl a compound noun?"

Explanation:

What is a compound noun?

• Compound nouns are words formed when two or more words combine together to form a single word.

• Examples: ice-cream, boyfriend, lunchtime, milkman.
• Compound words are not only formed by the addition of nouns, but also verbs, adjectives, and prepositions.
• Examples: jailbreak (verb + noun), underworld (preposition + noun), offshoot (verb + preposition), smartphone (adjective + noun), milkman (noun + noun) etc.
• One important factor of compound word is that its meaning is distinct from its component parts.
• For example, consider the word bedroom. The meaning of the two words 'bed' and 'room' has a different meaning from the word bedroom.
• Compound words need not be always a single word.

1. It can be separated words as in Christmas tree and swimming pool.
2. It can be hyphenated words as in mother-in-law and dry-cleaning.

• Thus, in the above question, 'schoolgirl' is a compound noun formed by the combination of two nouns; school and girl.

• It's always important to have right knowledge on compound words for its appropriate usage.