Word: ledgment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ledg
ment
Definition: The development of the surface of a body on a plane, so that the dimensions of the different sides may be easily ascertained.
Morphemes:
Affix: ledge
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A layer or stratum.
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.