Word: sternboards
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: stern
boards
Definition: Plural of sternboard. Backward motion of a ship; loss of way in tacking.
Morphemes:
Affix: sternboard
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Backward motion of a ship; loss of way in tacking.
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.