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jail

Learn how to correctly hyphenate "jail" with detailed syllable breakdown and pronunciation guide.

1 syllable
4 characters
English (US)
1syllable

jail

Hyphenation via the Knuth-Liang algorithm — result not verified against authoritative sources.

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

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Definitions ofjail

1noun
  • A place or institution for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
  • Confinement in a jail.
  • The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).
  • In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined.
  • (FreeBSD) A kind of sandbox for running a guest operating system instance.
1verb
  • To imprison.
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