Compound Words
Nouns:
* Animal: goldfish, butterfly, ladybug, starfish, woodpecker
* Food: cheeseburger, hotdog, pancake, popcorn, blueberry
* Nature: rainbow, waterfall, sunrise, sunset, snowflake
* Objects: doorknob, bookcase, mailbox, lampshade, toothbrush
* People: boyfriend, girlfriend, postman, waitress, fireman
* Places: playground, backyard, bedroom, coastline, downtown
Verbs:
* Action: breakthrough, breakdown, lookout, handout, takeoff
* Movement: walkway, driveway, runway, stairway, highway
Adjectives:
* Appearance: blackboard, greenhouse, blueberry, snow-white, long-haired
* Feeling: homesick, heartbroken, worried, fearful, lonely
* Other: worldwide, waterproof, fireproof, sunlit, windblown
Other:
* Time: weekday, weekend, aftermath, sometimes, anytime
* Direction: upstairs, downstairs, inside, outside, nearby
* Quantity: halfway, everywhere, nobody, anything, somewhere
* Miscellaneous: heartbeat, sunrise, eyeglasses, headache, homesickness
This is just a small sampling of compound words. There are many more!