Word: alongshelf
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: a
long
shelf
Definition: Alongside an ice shelf or continental shelf
Morphemes:
Affix: and-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: A prefix of Old English origin meaning "against; back; in return; away", represented in Modern English by a-, an-, on-, and in altered form by the reverse-action prefix un-#Etymology_2 (e.g. unbuckle ). Also as the initial letter d in dread ( Old English ondrǣdan ).
Affix: long
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position).
Affix: shelf
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A reef, shoal or sandbar.