Word: messmate
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: mess
mate
Definition: an associate with whom one shares a mess (eating place) on a ship
Morphemes:
Affix: mess
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A number of persons who eat together, and for whom food is prepared in common, especially military personnel who eat at the same table.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: me
Language: en
Decoded: me
PoS: Pronoun
Meaning: As the complement of the copula (be or is).
Affix: -s
Language: en
Decoded: -s
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form plurals of foreign words, to clarify pronunciation, such as “banana’s” or “pasta’s”.
Affix: mate
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.