Word: abutments
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: a
but
ments
Definition: Plural of abutment; a masonry support that touches and directly receives thrust or pressure of an arch or bridge
Morphemes:
Affix: a-
Language: en
Meaning: towards, change to
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ad
Language: la
Decoded: ad
Meaning: towards
Affix: butt
Language: en
Meaning: push
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plurals of numerals, letters, some abbreviations and some nouns, usually because the omission of an apostrophe would make the meaning unclear or ambiguous.