Word: ratcheted
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: ra
tche
ted
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of ratchet; mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction
Morphemes:
Affix: ratchet
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch and pawl.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: rochet
Language: fr
Decoded: rochet
Meaning: bobbin, spindle, ratchet
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any past form. See -t for a variant.