Word: silcretes
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: sil
cr
etes
Definition: Plural of silcrete; an indurated (resists crumbling or powdering) soil duricrust formed when surface soil, sand, and gravel are cemented by dissolved silica
Morphemes:
Affix: silica
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of the silica group of the silicate minerals.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: silex
Language: la
Decoded: silex
Meaning: hard stone, flint
Affix: concrete
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Specifically, a building material created by mixing cement, water, and aggregate such as gravel and sand.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).