Word: retting
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: re
tting
Definition: The act or process of preparing flax for use by soaking, maceration, and similar processes.
Morphemes:
Affix: ret
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To prepare (flax, hemp etc.) for further processing by soaking, which facilitates separation of fibers from the woody parts of the stem.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
Meaning: gerund noun