Word: tailwaters
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: tail
wa
ters
Definition: Plural of tailwater. The water located immediately downstream from a hydraulic structure, such as a dam, bridge, or culvert.
Morphemes:
Affix: tail
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The tail-end of an object, e.g. the rear of an aircraft's fuselage, containing the tailfin.
Affix: water
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A body of water, almost always a river.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.