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Hyphenation of milk-and-water

How to hyphenate milk-and-water

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

milk-and-water
Syllables Count
1
Characters Count
14
Words Count
3
Characters without spaces Count
14
Haphenation done based on the Knuth-Liang word-division algorithm. The computed hyphenation pattern is: water

Definitions of milk-and-water

milk-and-water is defined as:

Definition 1 as noun

  • noun
    A light bluish colour.
  • noun
    Something insipid or mawkish.

Definition 1 as adjective

  • adjective
    Insipid, wishy-washy, weak.

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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.