Word: barreleyes
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ba
rre
leyes
Definition: Plural of barreleye; found in tropical-to-temperate waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans
Morphemes:
Affix: bear
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck.
Affix: -le
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A suffix forming diminutives from other nouns.
Affix: eye
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The oval hole of an axehead through which the axehandle is fitted.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form plurals of foreign words, to clarify pronunciation, such as “banana’s” or “pasta’s”.