Word: touchbacks
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: touch
backs
Definition: Plural of touchback; a play in which the opposing team has kicked the football into your end zone
Morphemes:
Affix: touch
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: tochier
Language: fro
Decoded: tochier
Meaning: to touch
Affix: down
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.
Affix: back
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form plurals of foreign words, to clarify pronunciation, such as “banana’s” or “pasta’s”.