Word: lookasides
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: loo
ka
sides
Definition: Plural of lookaside. The technique of searching for something in a precalculated cache before attempting a more time-consuming search elsewhere.
Morphemes:
Affix: look
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The action of looking; an attempt to see.
Affix: a-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: In the direction of, or toward.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ad
Language: la
Decoded: ad
Meaning: towards
Affix: side
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).