Word: turnplates
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: turn
plates
Definition: Plural of turnplate; a device for turning railway rolling stock, usually locomotives, so that they can be moved back in the direction from which they came
Morphemes:
Affix: turn
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A change of direction or orientation.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: turnus
Language: la
Decoded: turnus
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Papilio glaucus, the eastern tiger swallowtail, a butterfly of eastern North America.
Affix: plate
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A roundel of silver or tinctured argent.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: plata
Language: la
Decoded: plata
Meaning: silver
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.