Sekirov Dictionary

hyphenate

/ˈhaɪfənət/

noun2

  1. A person or object with multiple duties, abilities or characteristics, such as "writer-director", "actor-model", or "singer-songwriter".
  2. A person whose ethnicity is a multi-word hyphenated term, such as "African-American".
hyphenate
/ˈhaɪf(ə)ˌneɪt/

verb2

  1. to join words or syllables with a hyphen.
  2. 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.
forms

hyphenated · hyphenating · hyphenates

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