Word: winterkills
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: win
ter
kills
Definition: Plural of winterkill. To die from the above effects of winter conditions.
Morphemes:
Affix: winter
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To spend the winter (in a particular place).
Affix: kill
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To deadmelt. To melt steel at high temperatures in order to deoxidize it.
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.