Word: footplates
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: foot
plates
Definition: Plural of footplate; the platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the engineer stands to operate the controls
Morphemes:
Affix: foot
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.
Affix: plate
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A foot, from "plates of meat".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: πλατύς
Language: grc
Decoded: platus
Meaning: broad, flat, wide
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).