Word: helitanker
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: he
li
tan
ker
Definition: A helicopter used in firefighting, especially against forest fires, which drops water or other fire retardant on the fire.
Morphemes:
Affix: heli-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: helicopter
Affix: tank
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun, and moving on caterpillar tracks. Category:en:Artillery
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.