free morpheme

noun

Definitions

  1. A morpheme that can carry meaning on its own, and does not require a prefix, suffix, or…

    A morpheme that can carry meaning on its own, and does not require a prefix, suffix, or infix to give it meaning.

    • Book is a free morpheme, but the -s on books is not, because -s carries no meaning until joined to a free morpheme.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for free morpheme. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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