Word: underplate
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: un
der
plate
Definition: A tectonic plate that forms or moves under another.
Morphemes:
Affix: under-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently, below what is correct; subordinate to; beneath or behind.
Affix: plate
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A tectonic plate. Any of several large pieces of the Earth's lithosphere which participate in plate tectonics.