Group3 29.7.21
Coined Words (👈PDF download here!)
❙ Coined Words
When something new is invented, it needs a name.
A made-up name is called a coined word.
coin
VERB
If you coin a word or a phrase, you are the first person to say it.
Jaron Lanier coined the term 'virtual reality' and pioneered its early development. [VERB noun]
astronaut
An astronaut is the pilot of a spacecraft.
Noun အာကာသယာဉ်မှူး ~ astronauts plural
Thesaurus
- spaceman
- cosmonaut
- traveler
- traveller
suburb
A suburb of a city or large town is a smaller area which is part of the city or large town but is outside its centre.
A community outside a large city is a suburb.
Noun
ဆင်ခြေဖုံး
a quiet residential suburb.
~ suburbs plural
Thesaurus
- suburbia
- suburban area
- residential district
- residential area
- community
hatchback
A car with a hatch in the back is a hatchback.
Noun
နောက်ဖုံးဖွင့်ကား
~ hatchbacks plural
jazz
Jazz is music with strong rhythm and an accented beat that falls in unusual places.
Noun
အမေရိကလူမည်းတို့ စတင် တီထွင်သော လွတ်လပ်စွာ တီထွင်တီးမှုတ်နိုင်၍ စည်း ချက် ဝါး ချက် ပြင်းသည့်တေးမျိုး။ ဂျတ္ဇ်ဂီတ။
traditional/modern jazz.
~ jazzes plural
laptop
A laptop is a small portable computer.
Noun
ဘက်ထရီသုံး လက်ဆွဲကွန်ပျူတာ။
~ laptops plural
Thesaurus
laptop computer
portable computer
skyscraper
A skyscraper is a very tall building.
မိုးမျှော်တိုက်။ မိုးထိတိုက်။
~ skyscrapers plural
Thesaurus
building
edifice
Noun ဗိမာန်။ They have bought some dreadful turreted edifice near Derby.
~ edifices plural
Verb
~ Edify တည်ဆောက်သည်။ စာရိတ္တဖွံ့ဖြိုးအောင် ဆုံးမသည်။)
nylon
Nylon is a material made from chemicals.
Noun
နိုင်လွန်
This material is 45% nylon.
dated အမျိုးသမီး အသားကပ်နိုင်လွန် ခြေအိတ်ရှည်။
~ nylons plural
Thesaurus
- man-made fiber,
- synthetic fiber,
- polyamide,
- polymeric amide,
- fabric,
- cloth,
- material,
- textile,
takeout
Prepared food that you take home to eat is called takeout.
COUNTABLE NOUN
A takeout is a store or restaurant which sells hot cooked food that you eat somewhere else.
[US]
REGIONAL NOTE:
in BRIT, use takeaway
monorail
A monorail is a train that runs on a single track.
Noun
တစ်လမ်းပြေးရထား။ မြေပြင်မှ မြှင့်ထားလေ့ ရှိသည်။
~ monorails plural
Thesaurus
railway
railroad
railroad line
railway line
railway system
infomercial
An infomercial is a TV program that gives information and also sells a product.
infomercial
(ɪnfoʊmɜːʳʃəl)
Word forms: plural infomercials
COUNTABLE NOUN
An infomercial is a television programme in which a famous person gives information about a company's products or services, or a politician gives his or her opinions. The word is formed from 'information' and ' commercial'.