# exocentric compound

> a compound word where the meaning of the whole word is not a type of, or a hyponym of, one of its parts

**Wikidata**: [Q107627504](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107627504)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exocentric_compound)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/exocentric-compound