Word: escapement
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: es
cape
ment
Definition: The contrivance in a timepiece (winding wristwatch) which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration.
Morphemes:
Affix: escape
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake, oversight, or transgression.
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.