Word: bathyspheres
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ba
thys
pheres
Definition: Plural of bathysphere; spherical deep diving apparatus (lowered by a cable) for underwater exploration
Morphemes:
Affix: bathysphere
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A spherical steel deep-diving chamber with perspex windows, in which persons are lowered to the depths by a cable to study the oceans and deep-sea life; the precursor to the bathyscaphe
Etymology Compounds: Affix: βαθύς
Language: grc
Decoded: bathus
Meaning: deep
Affix: σφαῖρα
Language: grc
Decoded: sphaira
Meaning: sphere
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).