Meaning of -side | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Forms adjectives describing position next to or alongside an object.
   morpheme
2. Forms adjectives and adverbs describing position in relation to a dividing line or other separation.
   morpheme
3. Forms nouns describing the area alongside or around an object.
   morpheme
4. Forms proper nouns naming the conurbation around a river.
   UK, morpheme

Examples

“fireside (“next to a fire”), railside (“alongside a railway”)”

“airside (“in the controlled part of an airport (as opposed to in the public part); to the controlled part of an airport”), planetside (“on a planet (as opposed to in space); to a planet”)”

“fireside (“the area next to a fire”), lockside (“the area surrounding a canal lock”)”

“Deeside, Humberside, Merseyside, Tameside, Teesside”

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