Word: ecotowns
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: e
co
towns
Definition: Plural of ecotown. Any of a number of government-sponsored new towns which are intended to achieve exemplary standards of sustainability
Morphemes:
Affix: eco-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: ecology or the environment (in the ecological sense)
Etymology Compounds: Affix: οἶκος
Language: grc
Decoded: oikos
Meaning: house, household
Affix: town
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion.
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.