Word: ashpits
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ash
pits
Definition: Plural of ashpit; a pit between the rails where a steam locomotive can drop its fire at the end of a day's work, before going "on shed".
Morphemes:
Affix: ash
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To reduce to a residue of ash. See ashing.
Affix: pit
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Armpit.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: puteus
Language: la
Decoded: puteus
Meaning: trench, pit, well
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).