[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/compound.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / compound [← C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/C/) # compound «compound» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A substance made of two or more elements joined…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech noun (a compound, compounds); adjective (compound); verb (compound, compounds, compounded, compounding) ### meaning for a pupil 1) (science) A substance made of two or more elements joined chemically: water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/compound/#m1) 2) (grammar) A word made from two or more words: "football" is a compound word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/compound/#m2) 3) An area of buildings surrounded by a fence or wall: a prison compound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/compound/#m3) 4) (adjective) Made of several parts: a compound sentence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/compound/#m4) 5) (verb, formal) To make a problem worse: the cold compounded our troubles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/compound/#m5) 6) (maths, adjective) Compound interest: interest earned on the interest too, not just on the starting money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/compound/#m6) 7) To be compounded of several things means to be made by mixing them together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/compound/#m7) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah, to compound means to mix spices or ingredients together by a craftsman's art. Interpretation: The anointing oil was used to make priests, kings and Tabernacle objects holy. Tradition lists its exact spices. In the primary lessons: In science, compounds are made of elements bonded together. In English lessons compound words and compound sentences are taught. In maths, compound interest grows faster than simple interest; compound shapes are made of rectangles joined together and you find their area part by part. Phrases: chemical compound, compound word, compound interest, compound shape. ### examples - And thou shalt make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil. (Torah EXO.30.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/compound/#x1) - Water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/compound/#x2) - "Sunflower" is a compound word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/compound/#x3) - Find the area of the compound shape by splitting it into two rectangles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/compound/#x4) - A compound sentence joins two sentences with "and", "but" or "so". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/compound/#x5) - The soldiers lived in a fenced compound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/compound/#x6) - (formal) The rain compounded the problems after the flood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/compound/#x7) - With compound interest, 100 at 10% becomes 110, then 121. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/compound/#x8) - The first part is compounded of a comic and a serious theme. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/compound/#x9) ### note Noun said COM-pound; the verb is often said com-POUND. In science, a compound is different from a mixture: a compound needs a chemical change to separate it. In maths, compound interest each year adds a percentage of the new total. ### In the corpora - [Interest that grows on interest is called compound interest.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/7-cards-banks-and-apps/5/) - [Io's yellow, orange and red patches come from sulphur and sulphur compounds spread by its volcanoes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/11-jupiters-moons/8/) - [Many insects have compound eyes made of hundreds or thousands of tiny lenses, very good at seeing movement all around them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/72-insects-and-spiders/9/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «compound» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/compound/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.