Word: sluices
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: slui
ces
Definition: Plural of sluice; irrigate with water from a sluice
Morphemes:
Affix: sluice
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To wash with, or in, a stream of water running through a sluice.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: exclūsus
Language: la
Decoded: exclusus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: prevented
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.