Word: spoiling
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: spoi
ling
Definition: plunder; pillage
Morphemes:
Affix: spoil
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To plunder, pillage (a city, country etc.).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: spoliāre
Language: la
Decoded: spoliare
PoS: Verb
Meaning: I plunder, pillage, spoil, rob; despoil, impoverish, deprive.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.