Word: scratchboards
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: scratch
boards
Definition: Plural of scratchboard. A technique in which drawings are created using sharp knives and tools for etching into a thin layer of white china clay that is coated with black India ink.
Morphemes:
Affix: scratch
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).
Affix: board
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc; pasteboard.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).