Word: watergates
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: wa
ter
gates
Definition: Plural of watergate; a political scandal involving abuse of power and bribery and obstruction of justice; led to the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974
Morphemes:
Affix: water
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A serving of liquid water.
Affix: gate
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A street; now used especially as a combining form to make the name of a street e.g. "Briggate" (a common street name in the north of England meaning "Bridge Street") or Kirkgate meaning "Church Street".
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.