Compound
Compound verb - To put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole.
Usage example: the German language's propensity for compounding words
Hook and compound are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hook" instead a verb "Compound".
Nearby Words: compounded, compounding
Hook
Hook verb - To put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole.
Usage example: hooked up three short chains together to make a longer necklace
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Grappling-Hook Pistol: Bond uses something like this when infiltrating the drug-smuggling compound in the pre-title sequence.
Source: Film / Goldfinger - While Portal ended with Chell killing GLaDoS (kind of) and escaping the Aperture Science compound, a later update added a Sequel Hook where she's simply captured afterwards and dragged back inside for more experiments.
Source: Shaggy Dog Story / Video Games
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