Word: foredunes
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: fore
dunes
Definition: Plural of foredune. A kind of dune ridge that runs parallel to the shore of a body of water.
Morphemes:
Affix: fore-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Positioned at or near the front
Affix: dune
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A ridge or hill of sand piled up by the wind.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: dune
Language: fr
Decoded: dune
PoS: Noun
Meaning: dune
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.