Word: spinout
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: spi
nout
Definition: The formation of a subsidiary company that continues the operations of part of the parent company; the company so formed.
Morphemes:
Affix: spin
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.
Affix: out
Language: en
PoS: Adverb
Meaning: Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.