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half-breed

Learn how to correctly hyphenate "half-breed" with detailed syllable breakdown and pronunciation guide.

1 syllable

10 characters

English (US)

1syllable

half-breed

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Because it is a word with a single syllable, half-breed is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

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Definitions ofhalf-breed

1noun

A person of mixed racial parentage or ancestry, especially one of mixed White and American Indian parentage (metis, métis, Metis, Métis).
Example: "In South Korean society, which extols the virtues of ethnic purity, "half-breed" people are viewed with disdain and contempt."

1adjective

(of an animal or human) Having one purebred parent; hybrid; of mixed racial parentage or ancestry.

Nearby Words

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Before

half-blue half-board half-boiled half-boiling half-boot half-bound half-bowl half-bred

half-breed(current)

After

half-broken half-brother half-buried half-burned half-burning half-bushel half-butt half-calf

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