noun
a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction; eg an -s at the end of plural nouns
• Syn: ↑bound form
• Hypernyms: ↑morpheme
• Hyponyms: ↑combining form, ↑affix
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a unit of language that can only be used as part of a word, not as a word on its own, for example ‘ly’ in ‘slowly’
Useful english dictionary. 2012.