Word: bafflestones
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ba
ffle
stones
Definition: Plural of bafflestone. A kind of calcareous rock where organisms have acted as baffles during deposition, reducing the local depositional energy.
Morphemes:
Affix: baffle
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A device used to dampen the effects of such things as sound, light, or fluid. Specifically, a baffle is a surface which is placed inside an open area to inhibit direct motion from one part to another, without preventing motion altogether.
Affix: stone
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A small piece of stone, a pebble.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).