Word: whalebone
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: whale
bone
Definition: The horny material from the fringed plates of the upper jaw of baleen whales that are used to filter plankton; once used as stays in corsets
Morphemes:
Affix: whale
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To hunt for whales.
Affix: bone
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: One of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone.