Word: groundskeeping
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: grounds
keep
ing
Definition: The activity of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes; typically as an employee of a person or institution
Morphemes:
Affix: ground
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
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.
Affix: keep
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To maintain (an establishment or institution); to conduct; to manage.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: kepen
Language: enm
Decoded: kepen
Meaning: to keep, guard, look after, watch
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.