word-break

A form of word break — A point in writing where a word is split so that part of it is relegated to the next line, typically at the end of a syllable and marked with a hyphen: an intersyllabic division.

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Meanings

nounword-break (plural word-breaks)

plural word-breaks

  1. alternativeAlternative form of word break.

    Particularly distinctive, within this latter category, are word-breaks like these, which have no linguistic justification at all: […]

    2012, David Crystal, Think on my Words: Exploring Shakespeare's Language, page 98
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“word-break.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/word-break. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “word-break,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/word-break.

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