Compound and Segment

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Compound noun - A distinct entity formed by the combining of two or more different things.

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Segment is an antonym for compound.

Nearby Words: compounded, compounding

Segment noun - One of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled.

Usage example: I think I lost one segment of this model kit

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Compound is an antonym for segment.

special	special compound	special segment
similar	similar compound	similar segment
specific	specific compound	specific segment
actual	actual compound	actual segment
Other adjectives: entire, large, big, black, main, new, different.

Butterflies have 6 legs, 10 segment bodies, 4 eyes (2 compound, 2 simple), and a sucking tube rather than a mouth.

Source: Western Animation / A Bug's Life

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