Word: tryworks
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: try
works
Definition: Alternative form of trywork. A furnace on a ship used to heat try pots.
Morphemes:
Affix: try
Language: en
Meaning: to extract oil from whale blubber
Etymology Compounds: Affix: try
Language: en
Decoded: try
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To extract oil from blubber or fat; to melt down blubber to obtain oil
Affix: -er
Language: en
Decoded: -er
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A person or thing to which the root verb can satisfactorily be done.
Affix: work
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Effort.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).