In morphology, a bound morpheme is a morpheme that appears only as part of a larger word; a free or unbound morpheme is one that can stand alone. A bound morpheme is also known as a bound form, and similarly a free morpheme is a free form. Many roots are free morphemes, e.g., ship- in `shipment`, while others are bound. Roots normally carry lexi.....
A morpheme used exclusively as part of a larger word rather than one that can stand alone and retain
[n] - a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction
bound form noun a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction; eg an -s at the end of plural nouns