portmanteau
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Is portmanteau a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of portmanteau?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (Australia, dated) A schoolbag.Synonyms: port, school portAustraliadated
2. (archaic) A hook on which to hang clothing.Examples: "But before I started that long and rather far-fetched and not frightfully original digression, what I meant to say quite simply was that there are no portmanteaux to be examined here because the clientele of this café, ladies and gentlemen, does not sit down."archaic
adj (English)
1. (attributive, linguistics) Made by combining two (or more) words, stories, etc., in the manner of a linguistic portmanteau.Examples: "The overall narrator of this portmanteau story - for Dickens co-wrote it with five collaborators on his weekly periodical, All the Year Round - expresses deep, rational scepticism about the whole business of haunting."; "We're so bombarded with images, it's a struggle to preserve our imaginations.' In response, he's turned to cinema, commissioning 11 film-makers to contribute to a portmanteau film, entitled '11'09"01' and composed of short films each running 11 minutes, nine seconds and one frame."attributivenot-comparable
noun (English)
1. (linguistics) A word formed by putting two words together and thereby their meaning e.g. shrinkflation.Examples: "Well then, ‘mimsy’ is ‘flimsy and miserable’ (there’s another portmanteau for you)."Synonyms: blend, frankenword, portmanteau word, portmantologism
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To create a portmanteau word.transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary