Word: sternfasts
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: stern
fasts
Definition: Plural of sternfast. A rope or chain for making fast a ship's stern to a wharf, etc.
Morphemes:
Affix: stern
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The rear part or after end of a ship or vessel.
Affix: fast
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now mostly in set phrases like fast friend(s) .)
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.