Word: forestallment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: fore
stall
ment
Definition: The act or process of forestalling; a delay; hinderance; prevention; aversion.
Morphemes:
Affix: fore-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Occurring beforehand; earlier; prior to
Affix: stall
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To cause to stop making progress, to hinder, to slow down, to delay or forestall.
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".