Word: velveteen
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: vel
vet
een
Definition: A cotton fabric with a short pile, resembling velvet.
Morphemes:
Affix: velvet
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: villus
Language: la
Decoded: villus
Meaning: shaggy hair, tuft of hair
Affix: -een
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the diminutives of nouns in Hiberno-English.