meaning of hyphen
1. A mark or short dash, thus [-], placed at the end of a line which terminates with a syllable of a word, the remainder of which is carried to the next line; or between the parts of many a compound word; as in fine-leaved, clear-headed. It is also sometimes used to separate the syllables of words.
2. To connect with, or separate by, a hyphen, as two words or the parts of a word.
3. 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
Related Words
hyphen | hyphenate | hyphenated | hyphenation | hyphened | hyphening |
