hyphen
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
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
Types & categories
- punctuation mark hypernym
Related & opposite
- hyphen derivation
Sense 2 verb
divide or connect with a hyphen
hyphenate these words and names
Types & categories
- spell hypernym
Related & opposite
- hyphenation derivation
- hyphenation derivation
- hyphen derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hyphen |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | punctuation mark |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hyphenation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hyphenation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hyphen |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | spell |