portmanteau
adjective/pɔːtˈmæntəʊ/
/pɔːrtˈmæntəʊ/
[only before noun]- consisting of a number of different items that are combined into a single thing
- a portmanteau course
- ‘Depression’ is a portmanteau condition.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPortmanteau is used with these nouns:- word
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French portemanteau, from porter ‘carry’ + manteau ‘mantle’.
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