Word: platen
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: plat
en
Definition: The movable table of a planer or other machine tool, on which the work is fastened, and presented to the action of the tool.
Morphemes:
Affix: plate
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: plata
Language: la
Decoded: plata
Meaning: silver
Affix: -en
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: When attached to certain adjectives, it forms a transitive verb whose meaning is, to make (adjective). Usually, the verb is ergative, sometimes not. The same construction could also be done to certain (fewer) nouns, as, strengthen, in which case the verb means roughly, "to give (noun) to", or "to become like (noun)".