Word: coastwatching
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: coast
wa
tching
Definition: The military intelligence work of the coastwatchers;  were Allied military intelligence operatives stationed on remote Pacific islands during World War II to observe enemy movements and rescue stranded Allied personnel
Morphemes:
Affix: coast
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To sail along a coast.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: costa
Language: la
Decoded: costa
Meaning: rib, side, edge
Affix: watch
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch, port watch.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.