Word: turnkey
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: turn
key
Definition: A warder or jailer/gaoler; keeper of the keys in a prison.
Morphemes:
Affix: turn
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: turnus
Language: la
Decoded: turnus
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Papilio glaucus, the eastern tiger swallowtail, a butterfly of eastern North America.
Affix: key
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An object designed to open and close a lock.