Word: micronuts
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: mi
cro
nuts
Definition: Plural of micronut. A small nut (piece of metal jammed into the rockface to protect a climb).
Morphemes:
Affix: micro-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Very small.
Affix: nut
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A shaped piece of metal, threaded by a wire loop, which is jammed in a crack in the rockface and used to protect a climb. (Originally, machine nuts sense #2 were used for this purpose.)
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form plurals of foreign words, to clarify pronunciation, such as “banana’s” or “pasta’s”.