Word: simmerstat
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: si
mmer
stat
Definition: An electrical control device that turns a heating element such as a stove, hotplate or grill on and off in a user-selectable duty cycle: for example, five of every 20 seconds.
Morphemes:
Affix: simmer
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To cause to cook or to cause to undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: simperen
Language: enm
Decoded: simperen
Meaning: to simmer
Affix: -stat
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: forming nouns naming scientific instruments that act to render the prefixed element stationary or static in some respect