Word: crenellation
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: cren
el
la
tion
Definition: The act of crenellating; adding a top row that looks like the top of a medieval castle.
Morphemes:
Affix: crenel
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The space between merlons in a crenelated battlement.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: crenel
Language: fro
Decoded: crenel
PoS: Noun
Meaning: crenel (space in a battlement from which weapons may be used on an incoming enemy)
Affix: -ate
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: resembling the specified thing
Affix: -ion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: an action or process, or the result of an action or process
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -iō
Language: la
Decoded: -io
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form abstract nouns from verbs.