Word: casemates
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ca
se
mates
Definition: Plural of casemate; a fortified gun emplacement or armored structure from which guns are fired
Morphemes:
Affix: casemate
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon may be placed, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being used as a magazine, or for quartering troops.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: casa
Language: it
Decoded: casa
Meaning: house
Affix: matto
Language: it
Decoded: matto
Meaning: matto
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).