Associations to the word «Portmanteau»

PORTMANTEAU, noun. A large travelling case usually made of leather, and opening into two equal sections.

PORTMANTEAU, noun. (Australia) (dated) A school bag; often shortened to port or school port

PORTMANTEAU, adjective. (used only before a noun) (of a word, story, etc.) Made by combining two (or more) words, stories, etc., in the manner of a linguistic portmanteau.

PORTMANTEAU, noun. (linguistics) A portmanteau word.

PORTMANTEAU FILM, noun. A film that combines two or more stories in the manner of a portmanteau (in the linguistic sense).

PORTMANTEAU FILMS, noun. Plural of portmanteau film

PORTMANTEAU WORD, noun. (linguistics) A word which combines the meaning of two words (or, rarely, more than two words), formed by combining the words, usually, but not always, by adjoining the first part of one word and the last part of the other, the adjoining parts often having a common vowel; for example, smog, formed from smoke and fog.

PORTMANTEAU WORDS, noun. Plural of portmanteau word

PORTMANTEAU, noun. A new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings; "`smog' is a blend of `smoke' and `fog'"; "`motel' is a portmanteau word made by combining `motor' and `hotel'"; "`brunch' is a well-known portmanteau".

PORTMANTEAU, noun. A large travelling bag made of stiff leather.