Word: wildcarding
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: wild
car
ding
Definition: The use of wildcard characters for partial matching.
Morphemes:
Affix: wild
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Able to stand in for others, e.g. a card in games, or a text character in computer pattern matching.
Affix: card
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A test card. A card printed with various letters or symbols, used in testing vision.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: χάρτης
Language: grc
Decoded: khartes
Meaning: paper, papyrus
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from various parts of speech denoting materials or systems of objects considered collectively.