Review: Arby's - Gyro. 1  Arby's Gyros (pronounced year-oh and not guy-ro) come with either thin-sliced roast turkey or beef along with Greek seasoning, tzatziki sauce, sliced red onions, shredded lettuce, and sliced tomatoes, folded inside of a pita. I had a coupon where they were two for $6 so I got one with turkey and one with beef.
By Richard Nordquist. Definition: A word coined or used for a special occasion. A compound construction made up for a particular occasion is sometimes called a nonce compound.As Thomas Kane notes below, nonce compounds (e.g., an anti-everything-wrong organization) are usually hyphenated. See also: 1  Buzzword. 2  Mountweazel. word coined or used for a special occasion. A compound construction made up for a particular occasion is sometimes called a nonce compound. As Thomas Kane notes below, nonce compounds (e.g., an anti-everything-wrong organization) are usually hyphenated. See also: 1  Buzzword.
Definition of Compound. A compound is a substance formed when two or more chemical elements are chemically bonded together. Two types of chemical bonds common in compounds are covalent bonds and ionic bonds. The elements in any compound are always present in fixed ratios. Example 1: Pure water is a compound made from two elements - hydrogen and oxygen. The ratio of hydrogen to oxygen in water is always 2:1.