Word: avalanches
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: a
va
lan
ches
Definition: Plural of avalanche; a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain
Morphemes:
Affix: avalanche
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: lābēs
Language: la
Decoded: labes
PoS: Noun
Meaning: fall, collapse
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.