Word: kettling
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: kett
ling
Definition: The situation where water gets trapped in the heat exchanger of a boiler (e.g. due to limescale build-up), resulting in knocking sounds as it turns into expanding steam.
Morphemes:
Affix: kettle
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A vessel or appliance used to boil water for the preparation of hot beverages and other foodstuffs.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: catinus
Language: la
Decoded: catinus
Meaning: deep bowl, vessel for cooking up or serving food
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns, from verbs.