Word: embossments
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: em
boss
ments
Definition: Plural of embossment; sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
Morphemes:
Affix: em-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: The form taken by en- before the labial consonants b and p, as it assimilates place of articulation.
Affix: boss
Language: en
Meaning: a lump; bump; protuberance
Etymology Compounds: Affix: boce
Language: fro
Decoded: boce
Meaning: lump, bulge, protuberance, knot
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).