Word: butchering
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: bu
tcher
ing
Definition: The act by which someone or something is butchered; a slaughter or killing.
Morphemes:
Affix: butcher
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: bouchier
Language: fro
Decoded: bouchier
Meaning: goat slaughterer
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.