Word: tortillons
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: tor
ti
llons
Definition: Plural of tortillon; a cylindrical drawing tool, tapered at the end and usually made of rolled paper, used by artists to smudge or blend marks made with charcoal, Conté crayon, pencil or other drawing utensils
Morphemes:
Affix: tortillon
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An artist’s tool used to smudge and blend a drawing made from charcoal, pencil, or pastel, consisting of a tightly-wound stick of soft, fibrous paper, sanded to a point at one end like a pencil.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: tortillon
Language: fr
Decoded: tortillon
PoS: Noun
Meaning: eddy, whirlpool
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).