Word: lockdowns
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: lock
downs
Definition: Plural of lockdown; the act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot)
Morphemes:
Affix: lockdown
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g., in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g., in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or pandemic, etc.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.