adjective
- not consisting of two or more parts combined; simple or single
Examples
- Water is a compound substance, while helium is noncompound.
- The noncompound leaf has a single blade attached to the stem.
- In chemistry class, we studied both compound and noncompound elements.
- The noncompound word ‘cat’ cannot be broken down into smaller meaningful parts.
- Noncompound sentences contain only one independent clause.
- The botanist identified the plant by its noncompound leaf structure.