Word: asylums
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: a
sy
lums
Definition: Plural of asylum; a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
Morphemes:
Affix: asylum
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: asylum
Language: la
Decoded: asylum
PoS: Noun
Meaning: asylum (place of refuge), sanctuary
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).