Word: basement
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: base
ment
Definition: A floor of a building below ground level.
Morphemes:
Affix: base
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: basis
Language: la
Decoded: basis
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The lowest part of the shaft of a column.
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.