Word: messmates
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: mess
mates
Definition: Plural of messmate; an associate with whom you share meals in the same mess (as on a ship)
Morphemes:
Affix: mess
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To belong to a mess.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: mes
Language: fro
Decoded: mes
PoS: Conjunction
Meaning: but
Affix: mate
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form plurals of foreign words, to clarify pronunciation, such as “banana’s” or “pasta’s”.