Word: antimissiles
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: an
ti
mi
ssiles
Definition: Plural of antimissile. Designed to intercept and destroy another missile in flight.
Morphemes:
Affix: anti-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Against, hostile to.
Affix: missile
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any object used as a weapon by being thrown or fired through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: missilis
Language: la
Decoded: missilis
Meaning: that may be thrown
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.