Word: platens
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pla
tens
Definition: Plural of platen; the flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type
Morphemes:
Affix: plate
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: (particularly with early British stamps) to identify the printing plate used.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: πλατύς
Language: grc
Decoded: platus
Meaning: broad, flat, wide
Affix: -en
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to denote the plural form of a small number of English nouns, the majority of whose etymologies go back to the n-stem (i.e. weak noun) declension of Germanic languages.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).