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Hyphen

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Noun

1. dash, hyphen

a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text

Verb

2. hyphen, hyphenate

divide or connect with a hyphen

Example Sentences:
'hyphenate these words and names'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hyphen

see synonyms of hyphen
noun
1. 
the punctuation mark (-), used to separate the parts of some compound words, to link the words of a phrase, and between syllables of a word split between two consecutive lines of writing or printing
verb
2. (transitive) another word for hyphenate

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Hyphen

see synonyms of hyphen
noun
1. 
a mark (-) used between the parts of a compound word or the syllables of a divided word, as at the end of a line
verb transitive
2. 
hyphenate

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Hyphen

see synonyms of hyphen
n.
A punctuation mark ( - ) used between the parts of a compound word or name or between the syllables of a word, especially when divided at the end of a line of text.
tr.v. hy·phened, hy·phen·ing, hy·phens
To hyphenate.

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