Word: polypins
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: po
ly
pins
Definition: Plural of polypin. A plastic version of the kind of brewery cask called a pin (equal to half a firkin), popular in homebrewing and the off-trade (deliveries for home consumption).
Morphemes:
Affix: poly-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: polymer
Etymology Compounds: Affix: πολύς
Language: grc
Decoded: polus
Meaning: many, much
Affix: pin
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A size of brewery cask, equal to half a firkin, or eighth of a barrel.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.