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bound morpheme
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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ˈbound form 7 [bound form] (also ˌbound ˈmorpheme) noun (linguistics)
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.