Word: mouseholes
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: mouse
holes
Definition: Plural of mousehole. The storage area on a drilling rig where the next joint of drilling pipe is held until needed.
Morphemes:
Affix: mouse
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: (plural mice or, rarely, mouses) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.
Affix: hole
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An excavation pit or trench.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.