Word: embayments
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: em
bay
ments
Definition: Plural of embayment; an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
Morphemes:
Affix: en-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: an intensifier; a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies
Etymology Compounds: Affix: in-
Language: la
Decoded: in-
Meaning: in, into
Affix: bay
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A body of water (especially the sea) more or less three-quarters surrounded by land.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: baie
Language: fr
Decoded: baie
PoS: Noun
Meaning: bay (body of water)
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.
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.