Hyphenate

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To divide or connect (syllables, word elements, or names) with a hyphen.
  • n. One who performs more than one job or function: auditioned singer-dancers, actor-models, and other hyphenates.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules by adding a hyphen on the end of the line.
  • v. To join words or syllables with a hyphen.
  • n. A person with multiple duties or abilities, such as "writer-director", "actor-model", or "singer-songwriter".
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Same as hyphen.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. divide or connect with a hyphen
  • Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
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