Word: starshades
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: star
shades
Definition: Plural of starshade. A form of coronagraph disk designed to prevent starlight from interfering with the observation of exoplanets
Morphemes:
Affix: star
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A luminous celestial body, made up of plasma (particularly hydrogen and helium) and having a spherical shape. Depending on context the sun may or may not be included.
Affix: shade
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.