Word: watermarks
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: wa
ter
marks
Definition: Third-person singular of watermark; a distinguishing mark impressed on paper during manufacture; visible when paper is held up to the light
Morphemes:
Affix: water
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines.
Affix: mark
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To create (a mark) on a surface.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -es
Language: enm
Decoded: -es
Meaning: third person singular ending of verbs