Word: fishplates
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: fish
plates
Definition: Plural of fishplate; metal plate bolted along sides of two rails or beams
Morphemes:
Affix: fish
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A makeshift overlapping longitudinal brace, originally shaped roughly like a fish, used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: fiche
Language: fr
Decoded: fiche
Meaning: peg, mark
Affix: plate
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To arm or defend with metal plates.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: πλατύς
Language: grc
Decoded: platus
Meaning: broad, flat, wide
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.