Word: afterbays
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: af
ter
bays
Definition: Plural of afterbay; a stream, conduit, pond or reservoir, of a hydroelectric power plant at the outlet of the turbines.
Morphemes:
Affix: after-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: With prepositional effect, forming compound words denoting something which follows the second element of the compound.
Affix: bay
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A bank or dam to keep back water.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: baie
Language: fr
Decoded: baie
PoS: Noun
Meaning: bay (body of water)
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.