Word: beachcombing
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: beach
co
mbing
Definition: The lifestyle and habits of a beachcomber; a vagrant living on a beach
Morphemes:
Affix: beach
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: bache, bæcche
Language: enm
Decoded: bache, baecche
Meaning: bank, sandbank
Affix: comb
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The curling crest of a wave; a comber.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.