Word: deadening
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: de
ade
ning
Definition: A forest clearing created by girdling the trees.
Morphemes:
Affix: dead
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Sterile mining waste, often present as many large rocks stacked inside the workings.
Affix: -en
Language: en
Meaning: inchoative
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.