Word: riverboats
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ri
ver
boats
Definition: Plural of riverboat; a watercraft designed for inland navigation on lakes, rivers, and artificial waterways
Morphemes:
Affix: river
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: rīpārius
Language: la
Decoded: riparius
Meaning: of a riverbank
Affix: boat
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.