Word: shortenings
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: shor
te
nings
Definition: Plural of shortening; fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods
Morphemes:
Affix: short
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Brittle, crumbly, especially due to the use of a large quantity of fat.
Affix: -en
Language: en
Meaning: inchoative
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns, from verbs.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form plurals of foreign words, to clarify pronunciation, such as “banana’s” or “pasta’s”.