Word: shakeouts
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: shake
outs
Definition: Plural of shakeout; an economic condition that results in the elimination of marginally financed participants in an industry
Morphemes:
Affix: shake
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A shook of staves and headings.
Affix: out
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.
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.