The symbol "‐", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line.

(transitive, dated) To separate or punctuate with a hyphen; to hyphenate.

Used to emphasize the coordinating function usually indicated by the punctuation "-".

plural of hyphenation

The use of hyphenated terms to describe people's identities, as in "Irish-American".

plural of hyphenism

(rare) Synonym of hyphenate

simple past tense and past participle of hyphenize

present participle of hyphenize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hyphenize