Word: springhouses
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: spring
hou
ses
Definition: Plural of springhouse. A small building constructed over a spring, formerly used for refrigeration (and thus sometimes also serving as pumphouse, milkhouse, or root cellar).
Morphemes:
Affix: spring
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Springiness: an attribute or quality of springing, springing up, or springing back, particularly
Etymology Compounds: Affix: springen
Language: enm
Decoded: springen
Meaning: to burst or flow forth, to sprout, to emerge, to happen, to become known, to sprinkle
Affix: house
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A workhouse; a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.