Word: tumbleweed
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: tum
ble
weed
Definition: Describing unwanted silence and inactivity. Often used of a situation when one makes a statement that is ignored or ill-received by one's audience, as the resultant silence is likened to that of a desolate desert with rolling tumbleweeds.
Morphemes:
Affix: tumble
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A disorderly heap.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: tumblen
Language: enm
Decoded: tumblen
Meaning: to fall over and over again, tumble
Affix: weed
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Something unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless.