Word: cardings
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: car
dings
Definition: Plural of carding; ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor
Morphemes:
Affix: card
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To play cards.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: χάρτης
Language: grc
Decoded: khartes
Meaning: paper, papyrus
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming derivative nouns (originally masculine), with the sense ‘son of, belonging to’, as in placenames, patronymics or diminutives; -ite.
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.