Word: punchcutting
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: punch
cu
tting
Definition: The craft of cutting letter punches in steel from which matrices were made in copper for type founding in the letterpress era.
Morphemes:
Affix: punch
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A mechanism for punching holes in paper or other thin material.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ponchonner
Language: fro
Decoded: ponchonner
Meaning: to punch
Affix: cut
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To form or shape by cutting.
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.