Word: curbers
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: cur
bers
Definition: Plural of curber. A type of thief who used a ‘curb’ or hooked pole to steal things through open windows.
Morphemes:
Affix: curb
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To furnish with a curb, as a well; to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
Affix: -er
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun.
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.