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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
portmanteau word
    n 1: 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" [syn:
         blend, portmanteau word, portmanteau]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
portmanteau word \port*man"teau word`\, n. [See portmanteau.]
   A word formed by joining two others; -- as, smog is formed
   from smoke and fog.
   [Wordnet 1.6]
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
ambiguity, amphibology, blend, contamination, counterword, double entendre, equivocal, equivocality, equivocation, equivoque, hybrid, hybrid word, hybridism, macaronic, macaronicism, polysemant, portmanteau, portmantologism, pun, squinting construction, telescope word, weasel word
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