Word: backswamps
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: back
swamps
Definition: Plural of backswamp. The section of a floodplain where deposits of fine silt and clay settle after a flood.
Morphemes:
Affix: back
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
Affix: swamp
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A piece of wet, spongy land; low ground saturated with water; soft, wet ground which may have a growth of certain kinds of trees, but is unfit for agricultural or pastoral purposes.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: swam
Language: enm
Decoded: swam
Meaning: swamp, muddy pool, bog, marshfungus, mushroom
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.