bound morpheme

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|linguistic morphology}} A [[morpheme]] that can only occur when [[bound]] to a root morpheme. For example: [[cran-]] (as in [[cranberry]]), [[-ed]], [[-ing]], [[-ly]].

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