Word: afterburning
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: af
ter
bur
ning
Definition: The injection of extra fuel into a jet engine downstream of the turbines in order to achieve extra 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: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.