Word: degumming
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: de
gum
ming
Definition: The removal of gum from a material, especially the removal of sericin from silk or phospholipids etc. from vegetable oils.
Morphemes:
Affix: de-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: reversal, undoing, removing
Etymology Compounds: Affix: dē-
Language: la
Decoded: de-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: de-
Affix: gum
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Chewing gum; wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from various parts of speech denoting materials or systems of objects considered collectively.