Word: ledgings
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: le
dgings
Definition: Plural of ledging. The act or process of creating or developing a ledge (in mining, building, etc), or the ledge so created.
Morphemes:
Affix: ledge
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To cause to have, or to develop, a ledge (during mining, canal construction, building, etc).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: legge
Language: enm
Decoded: legge
Meaning: bracing
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns, from verbs.
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.