Word: retrenchment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: re
trench
ment
Definition: A defensive work constructed within a fortification to make it more defensible by allowing defenders to retreat into and fight from it even after the enemy has taken the outer work.
Morphemes:
Affix: retrench
Language: en
Meaning: to construct one or more retrenchments; to protect using retrenchments; to fortify
Etymology Compounds: Affix: re-
Language: fro
Decoded: re-
Meaning: suffix meaning ‘again’
Affix: tranchier
Language: fro
Decoded: tranchier
PoS: Verb
Meaning: to cut (make an incision)
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.