A blend is a word formed from parts of two or more other words. At least one of these parts is not a morph but instead a mere splinter, a fragment that is normally meaningless.
The word "camcorder," for example," combines parts of "camera" and "recorder." Word blends can also be created by joining a full word with a portion of another word (called a splinter). For example, the word "motorcade" combines "motor" plus a portion of "cavalcade."
