Top 20 English Compound Words Literal Meaning vs Real Meaning (Must Watch!)

[00:00:00]dishcloth.

[00:00:02]Dishcloth?

[00:00:03]Dishcloth.

[00:00:06]A cloth used for washing dishes.

[00:00:09]Snowmobile.

[00:00:11]Snowmobile? [music] Snowmobile.

[00:00:15]A vehicle for traveling on snow.

[00:00:18]Seaplane.

[00:00:20]Seaplane?

[00:00:22]Seaplane.

[00:00:24]A plane that can land on water.

[00:00:27]Scoreboard.

[00:00:29]Scoreboard?

[00:00:31]Scoreboard.

[00:00:33]A board that shows scores.

[00:00:35]Lightweight.

[00:00:37]Lightweight?

[00:00:39]Lightweight.

[00:00:41]Not heavy or easy to carry.

[00:00:44]Riverboat.

[00:00:48]Riverboat.

[00:00:50]A boat used on rivers.

[00:00:52]Roadwork.

[00:00:54]Roadwork?

[00:00:56]Roadwork.

[00:00:58]Work done [music] to fix roads.

[00:01:01]Nightlight.

[00:01:05]Nightlight.

[00:01:07]A small light used at night.

[00:01:09]Postcard.

[00:01:11]Postcard?

[00:01:13]Postcard.

[00:01:15]A card [music] sent by mail.

[00:01:17]Airline.

[00:01:19]Airline?

[00:01:21]Airline.

[00:01:23]A company that flies passengers.

[00:01:26]Overnight.

[00:01:28]Overnight?

[00:01:30]Overnight.

[00:01:32]During the whole night.

[00:01:34]Motorboat.

[00:01:38]Motorboat.

[00:01:40]A boat powered by a motor.

[00:01:42]Underground.

[00:01:46]Underground.

[00:01:48]Below the surface [music] of the ground.

[00:01:50]Windchill.

[00:01:54]Windchill.

[00:01:56]Cold made worse by wind bank roll bank roll bankroll money used to support a plan cross roads crossroads crossroads a place where roads cross stove top stove top stovetop the top surface of a stove water front waterfront [music] waterfront land beside water eye shadow eye shadow eye shadow makeup used around the eyes eye liner eye liner eye liner makeup that outlines the eyes camp ground camp ground campground a place for camping down stairs [music] downstairs downstairs on or to a lower [music] floor up stairs upstairs upstairs on or to a higher floor time table time table time table a schedule showing times