combining_form (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *combining form*:
NOUN	communication	combining form	a bound form used only in compounds

English > *combining form*: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaning	A bound form used only in compounds.
Example	"'hemato-' is a combining form in words like 'hematology'"
Broader	bound morpheme, bound form	A morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger / larger construction
Usage	bedded	Having a bed or beds as specified
	billed	Having a beak or bill as specified
	boned	Having bones as specified
	columned	Having or resembling columns
	decker	(often used in combinations) something constructed with multiple levels
	filled	(usually followed by 'with' or used as a combining form) generously supplied with
	footer	(used only in combinations) the height or length of something in feet
	friendly	Easy to understand or use
	fully, to the full, full	To the greatest degree or extent
	hipped	Having hips
	ill, badly, poorly	('ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner
	in-chief	Indicating the head of a staff
	maxi	Used of women's clothing having a hemline at the ankle
	midi	Used of women's clothing having a hemline at mid-calf
	miler	(used only in combinations) the length of something in miles
	minded	(used in combination) mentally oriented toward something specified
	mini	Used of women's clothing
	neo	(used as a combining form) recent or new
	odd	An indefinite quantity more than that specified
	ply	(usually in combinations) one of several layers of cloth or paper or wood as in plywood
	pounder	(used only in combination) something weighing a given number of pounds
	proto	Indicating the first or earliest or original
	pseudo	(often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of
	radio	Indicating radiation or radioactivity
	regent	acting or functioning as a regent or ruler
	roofed	Covered with a roof
	scented	(used in combination) having the odor of
	seeded	Having seeds as specified
	size	(used in combination) sized
	smitten, stricken, struck	(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
	storied, storeyed	Having stories as indicated
	throated	Having a throat as specified
	tipped	Having a tip
	unfriendly	not easy to understand or use
	valued	(usually used in combination) having value of a specified kind
	visaged	Having a face or visage as specified
	volumed	(often used in combination) consisting of or having a given number or kind of volumes
	well, good	(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory / satisfactory manner or to a high standard ('good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for 'well')
	yarder	(used only in combinations) the height or length of something in yards

HyperDic: combining_form