Word: mileposts
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: mi
le
posts
Definition: Plural of milepost; stone post at side of a road to show distances
Morphemes:
Affix: mile
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1. 609344kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5, 280feet or 1, 760yards.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: mīlia
Language: la
Decoded: milia
PoS: Noun
Meaning: a mile, particularly a Roman mile of 8 stades ( stadia ); 1, 000paces ( passūs ); or 5, 000feet ( pedes )
Affix: post
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.