Word: ashcan
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ash
can
Definition: A container for ashes, used in times past for accumulating ashes generated from wood and coal fires, for eventual disposal elsewhere. A dustbin.
Morphemes:
Affix: ash
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To cover newly-sown fields of crops with ashes.
Affix: can
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A chimney pot; an architectural ventilation structure made of masonry, clay or metal that isolates hot toxic exhaust gases or smoke produced by a boiler, stove, furnace, incinerator or fireplace from human living areas