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hyphen
noun
(hy-phen)
a punctuation mark - used especially to divide or to compound words, word elements, or numbers
hyphen
verb
(hy-phen)
hyphenate
hyphen
noun
(hy-phen)
a punctuation mark βΈ— used in place of a hyphen at the end of a line to indicate that the word so divided is normally hyphenated
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