Word: afterburner
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: af
ter
burn
er
Definition: A device in the engine of an aircraft which injects fuel into the exhaust system to increase the thrust.
Morphemes:
Affix: after-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: With adverbial or adjectival effect, forming compound words indicating something that comes afterwards in spacial position or time.
Affix: burn
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The firing of a spacecraft's rockets in order to change its course.
Affix: -er
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ārius
Language: la
Decoded: -arius
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns or numerals.