Word: stifler
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: sti
fler
Definition: A camouflet. The resulting cavity in a deep underground burst when there is no rupture of the surface.
Morphemes:
Affix: stifle
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To feel smothered; to find it difficult to breathe.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: stuffen
Language: enm
Decoded: stuffen
Meaning: to kill by suffocation; to stifle from heat; to extinguish, suppress ; to deprive a plant of the conditions necessary for growth, choke
Affix: -el-
Language: enm
Decoded: -el-
Meaning: derivational infix in verbs, often denoting diminutive, intensive, or repetitive actions or events
Affix: -er
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A person or thing to which the root verb can satisfactorily be done.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ārius
Language: la
Decoded: -arius
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns or numerals.