Word: semikilled
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: se
mi
killed
Definition: Partly deoxidized to avoid evolution of gas during solidification, but with some remaining carbon monoxide causing blowhole-type porosity.
Morphemes:
Affix: semi-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: somewhat, rather, quasi-
Etymology Compounds: Affix: semi-
Language: la
Decoded: semi-
Meaning: half
Affix: kill
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To deadmelt. To melt steel at high temperatures in order to deoxidize it.
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns, in the sense of having the object represented by the noun.