Word: destressing
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: de
stre
ssing
Definition: The process of removing stress from a material
Morphemes:
Affix: de-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: reversal, undoing, removing
Etymology Compounds: Affix: dē-
Language: la
Decoded: de-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: de-
Affix: stress
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: dis-
Language: la
Decoded: dis-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: utterly, exceedingly
Affix: stringō
Language: la
Decoded: stringo
PoS: Verb
Meaning: to touch lightly, graze, wound slightly
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.