Word: defenced
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: de
fenced
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of defence; the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
Morphemes:
Affix: defence
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: dēfensa
Language: la
Decoded: defensa
Meaning: protection
Affix: -d
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.