Word: turnpike
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: turn
pike
Definition: A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of animals, but admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile.
Morphemes:
Affix: turn
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: tornāre
Language: la
Decoded: tornare
Meaning: to round off, turn in a lathe
Affix: pike
Language: en
Meaning: shaft