Word: immurement
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: im
mure
ment
Definition: Capital punishment by entombing for life.
Morphemes:
Affix: immure
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To cloister, confine, imprison: to lock up behind walls.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: in
Language: la
Decoded: in
Meaning: in
Affix: mūrus
Language: la
Decoded: murus
Meaning: wall
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".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.