Word: slipways
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: slip
ways
Definition: Plural of slipway; structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired
Morphemes:
Affix: slip
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A slipway; structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired
Affix: way
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The timbers of shipyard stocks that slope into the water and along which a ship or large boat is launched.
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.