Definition of hyphen
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: a punctuation mark - used especially to divide or to compound words, word elements, or numbers
hyphen
verb
hyphened; hyphening; hyphens
Definition of hyphen (Entry 2 of 2)
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The first known use of hyphen was circa 1620
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