Word: wastebooks
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: waste
books
Definition: Plural of wastebook. A temporary notebook in which details of transactions were entered as they happened, to be copied into formal ledgers later.
Morphemes:
Affix: waste
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: waste
Language: enm
Decoded: waste
Meaning: a
Affix: book
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).