Type 1: Typical compound Nouns – STRESS ON the FIRST WORD
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EATER
a honey eater an
anteater EFFECT
a
cumulative
effect a knock-on
effect a snowball
effect a
synergistic
effect an
after-effect the
Doppler
effect
EFFORT(S)
a fund-raising
effort a
research
effort
relief
efforts END
a bookend
ENGINE
a
diesel
engine a
petrol
engine (U.S. = a gasoline engine) ENTHUSIAST
a
computer game enthusiast
a keep-fit enthusiast
a model-aircraft
enthusiast
a
sports enthusiast a
swimming
enthusiast EQUIPMENT
container
handling
equipment
drilling
equipment
fire
fighting equipment
mountaineering
equipment
office
equipment
photography
equipment
recording
equipment
rescue
equipment
sports
equipment
teaching
equipment EROSION
water
erosion
wind
erosion
ESTATE
EVENT
a
diving event
a
fund-raising event
a
media event
a
news event
a
sporting event a
sports
event
EXAM(INATION)
a bar exam a
breast
exam a civil
service
exam a
music
exam a
placement exam a
qualifying
exam an
entrance
exam
EXCHANGE
a heat
exchange a
money
exchange
EXPERIENCE a learning experience life experience
EXPEDITION EXPERT
a
computer
expert a
gardening
expert a handwriting
expert a
marketing
expert an
efficiency
expert FACE
a
clock
face
a
moon-face
a
poker face
baby
face
bald
face
big
face
black
face
clown
face a rockface
FACILITY
(often also in plural)
a
child
minding facility a
commercial
facility a first-aid
facility a food
preparation facility a
laundry
facility a
manufacturing
facility a
parking
facility a
recreation
facility a
research
facility a
sewerage
facility a
study
facility a
tourist
facility a
washing
facility an
entertainment
facility an
exercise
facility an
irrigation
facility
banking
facilities FACTOR
a
conversion factor
a
load factor
a
risk factor a
safety
factor
a
weighting factor an
inhibiting
factor the
chill
factor
the
wind factor
FACTORY
a
brick
factory a
chemical
factory a
clothing
factory a
paper
factory a
toy
factory
FAILURE
a
brake
failure
a
business
failure
a crop
failure
an
engine
failure
kidney
failure
liver
failure FAIR
a
food fair a
recruitment
fair a
temple
fair FALL
a footfall a rock
fall
FAN
(1)
a
basketball fan
a
boxing fan a football
fan a
Madonna
fan a
Real
Madrid
fan
FAN
(2)
a
ceiling
fan a
computer
fan a
cooling
fan a
radiator
fan a wall
fan an
exhaust
fan FANATIC
a
fitness
fanatic a
football fanatic
FARE
a
thoroughfare
carfare
fanfare
warfare
welfare FARM
a
chicken farm a
dairy
farm
a
deer farm a
fat farm a pig farm
a
tree farm
an
ant farm
an
ostrich farm
an
oyster farm the "funny farm" (offensive)
F
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HILL
an anthill a dunghill a
foothill a molehill
HOCKEYfield hockey HOLD
a
foothold a handhold a household HOLDER
a bondholder a cigarette-holder a glass-holder a householder a/the
leaseholder a penholder a placeholder a policyholder a potholder a shareholder a stakeholder a ticket
holder a titleholder an officeholder
HORN a bullhorn
HOLE
a blow hole a buttonhole a cubbyhole a foxhole a keyhole a loophole a manhole a rabbit
hole a sinkhole a waterhole
HOME a convalescent
home an old people's home or old people's home -- HOOD
a godhood a knighthood a neighborhood adulthood babyhood brotherhood livelihood sisterhood a likelihood a livelyhood HOOK
a billhook a crochet
hook a fishhook a grappling
hook HORN
a bullhorn a foghorn a ram’s horn a shoehorn a bullock
horn ox horn rhinoceros
horn
HORSE
a carthorse a draught
horse a sawhorse a seahorse a vaulting
horse
HOSE
HOSPITAL
a maternity
hospital a women’s
hospital HOUND
an afghan
hound an autograph
hound HOUR
a
man-hour
a
waking hour news hour
the
lunch hour
the
peak hour the rush hour
HOURS
waking
hours working
hours
HOUSE
a beach
house a beer
house a customs
house a
flophouse
(colloq) a
hothouse a
madhouse
a
printing house a teahouse an
alehouse an almshouse an art house an assembly
house an
opera
house an
outhouse the Whitehouse
HUNT
a fox hunt a scavenger
hunt (see below) HUNTER
a bargain
hunter a bird
hunter a deer
hunter a job hunter
HUNTINGhouse hunting
INDUSTRYthe armaments
industry the auto
industry the aviation
industry the banking
industry the
construction
industry the
entertainment
industry the film industry the fishing
industry the insurance
industry the mining industry the oil
industry the shipping industry the steel
industry the
telecommunications
industry the/a service industry the tourism industry the transportation industry
IN-LAWa daughter-in-law a son-in-law
INSPECTORa safety
inspector a weapons inspector INSURANCE
accident insurance fire insurance travel insurance INTERVIEWa job interviewa telephone interview
IRON a curling iron
ISSUE/ISSUES (=
QUESTION)
a human rights issue a legal issue a safety issue agricultural issues an economic issue an environmental issue JAMa
log-jam a paper jam
an
ice jam
JUICEcarrot
juice gastric
juice lemon juice orange
juice pineapple
juice tomato
juice vegetable
juice
JUMP/JUMPINGbungee
jumping a broad
jump a high jump a long jump a ski jump a triple
jump a water
jump
KEEPERa beekeeper a goalkeeper a housekeeper a lock-keeper a timekeeper a zookeeper KEEPING
(see above)
KEYan Allen
key an answer
key a car key a door key an ignition
key a/the master key a passkey a skeleton key KICK
a
conversion kick
a
corner kick
a
drop kick
a
goal kick a horse kick
a
karate kick a penalty
kick
a
place kick
KILLER KIT
a
bee sting kit
a
conversion kit
a
development kit
a
drum kit
a
fishing kit a repair kit
a
sales kit
a
sewing kit a starter kit
a
tool kit
KNIFEa boning
knife a bread
knife a clasp-knife a fruit
knife a hunting
knife a kitchen
knife a pen knife a scaling
knife a vegetable knife
KNOT a bowknot a slipknot
LABEL
a
certification label
a
clothing label
a
fashion label
a
record label
a
shipping label
a
warning label
LADY a landlady
LAMPa blowlamp a headlamp a reading lamp an arc lamp
LANDa dreamland a fairyland a fantasyland a
headland a highland a lowland a wasteland a wetland cropland Disneyland Dixieland grazing land the borderland the Holy Land
LANEa
bus lane a bicycle
lane a sea lane a shipping
lane
LANGUAGE
a
computer language a programming
language
LASHa backlash a whiplash
an
eyelash
LAUNCHER
a
grenade launcher
a
missile launcher
a
rocket launcher
a
torpedo launcher
LAW
bankruptcy
law business law case-law
copyright
law
divorce
law
election
law labour law
libel
law
marriage
law
patent
law
taxation
law tort law
LAYERa carpet layer an egg
layer a minelayer a pipe
layer
LEADERa bandleader a gang leader an expedition leader business leaders the Opposition leader
LEAFa bay leaf a cloverleaf a fig leaf a flyleaf a maple
leaf a palm leaf a tea leaf a tobacco
leaf
LEAK a gas leak a water leak
LEARNING
LEAVE
LEG
a
chair leg
a
chicken leg
a
frog leg
a
pants leg
a
table leg
LENDER LENSa camera
lens a contact
lens a filter
lens a wide-angle lens LETTERan air letter
a
chain letter a begging letter
a
cover letter
a
form letter a poison pen letter
a
rejection letter
a
voice letter
LEVELa pollution
level a sugar
level cabinet
level knee level ministerial
level the danger
level the radiation level the water
level
LICE head lice
LICENSE
a business license a driving license (Br. "licence"; U.S. "license") a fishing license a hunting license a pilot’s license an export license an import license LIFE (1)
a dog’s life campus life city life country life military life student life the afterlife village life LIFE (2)
animal life marine life plant life
LIFE (3) one's love life one's sex life one's social life LIFTa chair lifta forklift
LIGHT
a brake light a/the half-light a highlight a parking light a reading light a stop light a warning light an indicator light firelight moonlight starlight LIMIT
a height limit a time limit a trade limit a weight limit an age limit LINEa
baseline a beeline a bus line a by-line a deadline a
hairline a
headline a hotline (also Type 3) a a
lifeline a pipeline a shipping line a a subway
line a train
line a tram line a
tow line a waiting
line an
airline an outline the finish line the finishing line the starting line the touch line the waterline LINER (1)
a cruise liner a jetliner LINER (2)
a helmet liner a pool liner a trash can liner
LINK
a business link a cuff-link a rail link LIST
a checklist a guest list a hit list a watch list a wish list an honours list LOAD
a
caseload
a
cartload a shipload a workload
LOANa bank loan a car loan a fixed-rate
loan a home loan a student
loan an interim
loan
LOCKa bicycle
lock a combination lock a dead lock a door lock a mortise lock a padlock a safety lock a snap lock a steering wheel lock a wheel lock a window lock an air lock an arm lock gridlock
LOT LOTION
baby lotion suntan lotion
LOVER
(= enthusiast) an animal lover an art lover a beer lover a bird lover a book lover a butterfly lover a cat lover a chocolate lover a coffee lover a dog lover a music lover a nature lover a tea lover |