Hyphenation of heat
How to hyphenate heat
Because it is a word with a single syllable, heat is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
- Syllables Count
- 1
- Characters Count
- 4
- Alpha-numeric Characters Count
- 4
- Hyphens Count
- 0
Definitions of heat
heat is defined as:
Definition 1 as noun
- nounThermal energy.
Example: This furnace puts out 5000 BTUs of heat. That engine is really throwing off some heat. Removal of heat from the liquid caused it to turn into a solid.
- nounThe condition or quality of being hot.
Example: Stay out of the heat of the sun!
- nounAn attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.
Example: The chili sauce gave the dish heat.
- nounA period of intensity, particularly of emotion.
Example: It's easy to make bad decisions in the heat of the moment.
- nounAn undesirable amount of attention.
Example: The heat from her family after her DUI arrest was unbearable.
- nounThe police.
Example: The heat! Scram!
- nounOne or more firearms.
- nounA fastball.
Example: The catcher called for the heat, high and tight.
- nounA condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.
Example: The male canines were attracted by the female in heat.
- nounA preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race
Example: The runner had high hopes, but was out of contention after the first heat.
- nounOne cycle of bringing metal to maximum temperature and working it until it is too cool to work further.
Example: I can make a scroll like that in a single heat.
- nounA hot spell.
Example: The children stayed indoors during this year's summer heat.
- nounHeating system; a system that raises the temperature of a room or building.
Example: I'm freezing; could you turn on the heat?
- nounThe output of a heating system.
Example: During the power outage we had no heat because the controls are electric. Older folks like more heat than the young.
- nounIn omegaverse fiction, a cyclical period in which alphas and omegas experience an intense, sometimes irresistible biological urge to mate.
Words nearby heat
- heartweed
- heartwise
- heartwood
- heartwoods
- heartworm
- heartwort
- heartwounding
- hearty
- (heat)
- heat-absorbing
- heat-conducting
- heat-cracked
- heat-drop
- heat-forming
- heat-giving
- heat-island
- heat-killed
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What is hyphenation
Hyphenation is the process of dividing words across lines in print or on websites. It involves inserting hyphens (-) where a word breaks to continue on the next line.
Proper hyphenation improves readability by reducing the unevenness of word spacing and unnecessary large gaps. It also helps avoid confusion that may occur when part of a word carries over. Ideal hyphenation should break words according to pronunciation and syllables. Most word processors and publishing apps have automated tools to handle hyphenation effectively based on language rules and dictionaries. Though subtle, proper hyphenation improves overall typography and reading comfort.