Word: headchairs
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: head
chairs
Definition: Plural of headchair. Part of a block switch on a railway line that the ends of the moveable rails rest on, and to which the stationary rails are attached.
Morphemes:
Affix: head
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: To do with heads.
Affix: chair
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers, and similar devices.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: κατά
Language: grc
Decoded: kata
Meaning: down
Affix: ἕδρα
Language: grc
Decoded: edra
Meaning: seat
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).