Word: upfaults
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: up
faults
Definition: Plural of upfault. A horst (area raised relative to surrounding land).
Morphemes:
Affix: up-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used to indicate higher position or direction, literally or figuratively.
Affix: fault
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: falsus
Language: la
Decoded: falsus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: false, untrue
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.