D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

morpheme

/(môr"fēm)/ · mor·pheme · IPA /ˈmɔɹ.fim/
01 n. The smallest unit of meaning of a language, which cannot be divided into smaller parts carrying meaning; it is usually smaller than a singl…
  1. 1.
    The smallest unit of meaning of a language, which cannot be divided into smaller parts carrying meaning; it is usually smaller than a single wordform, such as the -ed morpheme of verbs in the past tense or the -s morpheme of nouns in the plural form.(Linguistics)