Compound nouns which refer to streets and roads

Where the word street occurs, the stress is on the first syllable e g 'Baker Street 'Oxford Street Where the word road occurs, both parts are stressed e g 'Canterbury 'Road the 'Oxford 'road Compound place names are not hyphenated

2.10.4 Compound nouns which tell us about purpose [compare > 2.7]
e g a 'bookcase a 'can opener a 'meeting point a 'sheep dog
The second word suggests a use relating to the first (hyphen normally
optional) A can opener is 'a device for opening cans'

Compound nouns

2.10-5 Compound nouns which tell us about materials and substances e g a 'cotton 'blouse a 'gold 'watch a 'plastic 'raincoat The first word refers to a substance or material, the second to something made of that substance or material [> 6.13]

2.10.6 Compound nouns which 'classify types'
e g a 'horror film a 'headlamp a 'seat belt
The first word answers the question What kind of? These
combinations can be extended to people and the things they do, as
in a 'bookseller a 'factory worker a 'taxi driver

Note the difference between an 'English teacher (i e one who teaches English) and an English 'teacher (i e one who is English) Other compounds refer to pieces of apparatus and what operates them, as in a 'gas boiler a 'pressure cooker a 'vacuum cleaner

Note the many combinations with shop a 'flower shop a 'shoe shop, etc For combinations like 'butchers (shop) [> 2.51.3,20.4]

2.10.7 Compound nouns which refer to 'containers' e g a 'biscuit tin a 'coffee cup a 'teapot a 'sugar bowl The second item is designed to contain the first [> 2.18.2]

Compound nouns which relate to time

A number of combinations relate specifically to the time at which an activity takes place or to its duration e g 'afternoon 'tea 'morning 'coffee the 'Sunday 'lunch a 'two-hour 'walk Also note other nouns relating to time an 'evening 'dress a 'night 'nurse

2.10.9 Compound nouns formed with 'self, 'man', 'woman' and 'person'
self- (stress on some part of the second word)

eg self-'consciousness self-con'trol self den'lal self res'pect man/woman (stress on first word)

e g an 'airman a 'fireman a 'gentleman/woman a 'man-eater a 'man-hour a 'horseman/woman a 'policeman'woman a 'workman Some people replace man by person in a few nouns when the reference is to either sex a chairperson a salesperson [> 2.40.4]

Proper nouns with two or more parts

eg a 'Ford 'car an 'IBM com'puter 'Longman 'Books 'Shell 'Oil a 'North Sea 'oil rig a/the 'Tate 'Gallery Exhibition