Word: glassformers
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: glass
for
mers
Definition: Plural of glassformer. Any substance whose liquid state fails to crystallize upon cooling, but forms a glass.
Morphemes:
Affix: glass
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To become glassy; having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it
Affix: form
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A thing that gives shape to other things as in a mold.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: fōrma
Language: la
Decoded: forma
Meaning: shape, figure, image, outline, plan, mold, frame, case, etc., manner, sort, kind, etc.
Affix: -er
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns shorter than more formal synonyms.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).