Word: levees
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: le
vees
Definition: Plural of levee; an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing
Morphemes:
Affix: levee
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: levée
Language: fr
Decoded: levee
PoS: Noun
Meaning: levee (geographical feature)
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.