hyphen
noun [C] /ˈhaɪ.fən/Definition
1. Definition
2. Practise
B2 the symbol -, used to join two words together, or to show that a word has been divided into two parts at the end of one line and the beginning of the next: There are hyphens in 'well-to-do'. → Compare dash nounPunctuation
(Definition of hyphen noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- ampersand noun
- apostrophe noun
- asterisk noun
- block capitals noun
- c. preposition
- cedilla noun
- dash noun (PUNCTUATION)
- ditto noun
- ellipsis noun (PRINTED MARK)
- hyphenate verb
- inverted commas noun
- lower case noun
- period noun (MARK)
- punctuation mark noun
- punctuation noun
- question mark noun
- quotation marks noun
- stress mark noun
- tilde noun
- upper case noun
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