Type 1: Typical compound Nouns – STRESS ON the FIRST WORD
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QUALITY
air quality audio quality broadcast quality
credit quality data quality healthcare quality
service quality soil quality sound quality sound quality video quality voice quality water quality QUARTERS
QUEEN
RACE
a camel race a cycle race a dog race a swimming race a walking race an arms race the "rat
race" RACINGauto racingdrag racing
dog
racing
motorcycle racing
car
racing
RACK
RAID an air raid
RAISING
child
raising
flag
raising
poultry
raising
RALLY
a
campaign rally
a
car rally
a
motorcycle rally
a
peace rally an election rally
RAM RANGE (1)
a
firing range
a
practice range
a
rifle range
a
rocket range
a
shooting range RANGE
(2)
a
hearing range
a
price range
a
visibility range
a
vocal range
a
voice range RANGE
(3)
a
mountain range
RATE
a growth rate a shipping rate
the
birth
rate
the
death rate
the
divorce rate
the
failure rate the inflation rate
the
occupancy rate
the
pass rate
the
recovery rate
the
success rate
the
usage rate
RATING
a
bond rating
a
capacity rating
a
load rating
a
popularity rating
a
risk rating
a
safety rating
a
speed rating
a
stability rating
a
stock rating
a
voltage rating
an
approval rating an output rating
RAY a sunray
READER
a
barcode reader
a
card reader
a
map reader
a
mind reader
a
script reader
a
tape reader
a
text reader READINGlip reading
RECORD
a
business record
a
database record
a
health record a hospital record
a
music record
a
performance record
a
police record
a
safety record
a
service record
RECORDER
a
cassette recorder
a CD recorder
a cockpit voice recorder
a
court recorder
a DVD recorder
a
flight recorder
a
sound recorder
a
speed recorder
a
trip recorder
a
video recorder
RESOURCE
REFINERY
a
nickel refinery
a
sugar refinery
an
oil refinery REGISTER
a
cash register
a
claims register
a
land register
a
stock register speech register
RELEASE REMOVER
a
staple remover
hair
remover
nail
polish remover
REPORT
a
market report
a
news report
a
progress report
a
sales report
a
work report
an
intelligence report RESORT
a
beach resort
a
health resort
a
holiday resort
a
ski resort
a
tourist resort
REST
a
footrest
a
headrest
an
armrest
RIDE
a
bus
ride
a
train ride
RIDER
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SORE
SOURCE
a
food source
a
heat source
a
water source SPACE
SPAN
a
handspan a lifespan
SPEAKER
an
English speaker SPECIES
a
bird species
a
fish species
a
plant species
an
insect species
SPEED
a
groundspeed
a
land speed
a
shutter speed
a
water speed SPILL
a
data spill
a
fuel spill
an
oil spill
SPOON
a
dessert spoon
a
teaspoon
SPORT
a
contact sport
a
motor sport
a
racquet sport
a
water sport SPOT
a
blind spot
a
cleanup spot
a
grease spot
a
sun spot
a
trouble spot
a TV spot
a
vacation spot
an
action spot
an
oil spot
SPRAY
SPREAD
a
bedspread
a
center spread
a
price spread
a
time spread SPREE
a
killing spree
a
shooting spree
a
shopping spree a spending spree
SQUAD STAGE
the development(al) stage
the planning stage
STAFF
STAINa blood stain a coffee stain an ink stain
STALL
a food stall a market stall a shower stall STAMP
a
date stamp
a
library stamp a postage stamp
a
trading stamp
STAND
a
bicycle stand
a
bike stand
a
coat stand
a
drink stand
a
hat stand
a
luncheon stand
a
music stand
a
refreshment stand
an
umbrella stand
the
witness stand STANDARD
a safety standard
STAR
a
pop
star
a
swimming star
a
film star
STATE
a
city-state
This is the U.S. pronunciation. British pronunciation is Type 4,
city-state. It is unusual for a hyphenated compound
noun to have the stress on the second word. client state This is U.S. pronunciation, emphasizing the kind of state. British English chooses Type 4 pronunciation, i.e., to emphasize that it is both a client and a state; client state.
a
member state nation state (U.S.) nation state (Br.)
a
rogue state a vassal state a welfare state (U.S.) Also Type 4: welfare state
an
island state
STATION
a
subway station
a
train
station = a railway station
an
inspection station
--STEAD
a
bedstead
a
homestead
STEP
a
dance step
a
footstep
STICK
a
broomstick
a
digging stick
a
dipstick
a
hockey stick
a
joss stick
a
measuring stick
a
night stick a pointing stick
a
polo stick
lipstick
STITCH
a
cable stitch
a
chain stitch
a
lockstitch
a
purl stitch
STOCK bloodstock
STONE
a
grindstone
a
keystone
a
kidney stone a millstone
a
touchstone
brimstone
building
stone
limestone
lodestone
moonstone
STOOL
a
bar stool
STOP
a
bus
stop
a
rest stop
a
pit stop
a
backstop
STORE
a
book store
a
chain store
a
clothes store
a
food store
a
grocery store
a
hardware store
a
pet store
a
shoe store
STORM
STORY
a
bedtime story
a
children's story a hard-luck story
a human-interest story
a
love story
a
mystery story a nursery story an adventure story (Note: English does not use the expression, "a history story". However, "a historical story" is used.)
STRAP
STREAM the bloodstream the jet stream
STREET STRETCH
the
backstretch
STRING the/a hamstring
STRIKE
a
bird strike
a
hunger strike
a
missile strike
a
sit-down strike
a
sit-in strike
an
air strike
STROKE
the
backstroke
STROKE
STRUCTURESTUDENT
a
college student
a
grade school student
a
high school student
a
medical student
a
music student
a
primary school student
a
school student
a
science student
a
secondary school student
a
university student
an
art student
an
arts student
an
elementary school student
an
engineering student
an
English student
STUDIES
business
studies
engineering
studies
environmental
studies
medical
studies
action
studies
media
studies STUDIO
a broadcasting studio
a dance studio a film studio a mixing studio a motion picture studio
a recording studio
an artist's studio
STUDY
a
feasibility study
English
study
home
study
mathematics
study
(a)
nature
study
work
study
STYLE
a
dance style
a
singing style a teaching style SUFFERER
a
cancer sufferer
a
depression sufferer
a
leukemia sufferer
a
migraine sufferer
an
allergy sufferer
SUGAR
SUIT
"a
birthday suit" (colloq.)
a
bathing suit
a
catsuit a diving suit
a
jumpsuit
a
pants suit a pressure suit
a
sweat suit a swim(ming) suit
a wetsuit (Type 3)
an
evening suit
SUIT (2)a law suit SUPPLY
a
blood supply
a
food supply
a
fuel supply
a
gas supply
a
gasoline supply
a
petrol supply
a
water supply
an
air supply
an
ammunition supply
an
electricity supply
an
oil supply
the
money supply
SURGEON / SURGERY
a brain surgeon
a
dental surgeon
a
heart surgeon
a
tree surgeon
a
veterinary surgeon SURVIVOR
a
cancer survivor
a
shipwreck survivor
a
tsunami survivor
an
earthquake survivor
SWEEP
SWITCH a light switch a/the master switch
SYSTEMa betting system the/a binary system
a
classification system a control system
a
cooling system a filing system a global positioning system (GPS) (This stress pattern is the same as for, "a reverse-charge call". But "global positioning" is not written with a hyphen. See Note for "reverse charge call".) a heating system a learning system a money-making system
a monitoring system
a numbering system a public broadcasting system
a rating system a recording system a support system a transport system
a warehousing system
a warning system
a
writing system
a/the
caste system
an
electrical system
an
irrigation system the banking system
the
digestive system
the
immune system the justice system the legal system the skeletal system the solar system
TABLE
a
billiard table
a
work table
an
examining table
the
water table
TAIL
a bobtail a cocktail a cottontail a fishtail coat-tails TAKER / TAKING
a caretaker a census taker a profit taker a risk taker a ticket taker TALE TALK
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