Definition of portmanteau word Portmanteau word
port•man•teau word
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What does portmanteau word mean?
WordNet
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| portmanteau word - 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" | ||
| blend, portmanteau | ||
| neologism, neology, coinage the act of inventing a word or phrase | ||
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Wiktionary 
- portmanteau word (Noun)
A word which combines the meaning of two words or, rarely, more than two words, formed by combining the words, usually, but not always, by adjoining the first part of one word and the last part of the other, the adjoining parts often having a common vowel; for example, smog, formed from smoke and fog.
