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pinion

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

2 syllables
6 characters
English (US)
Fig. 1 — . The composing stick. “pinion” is set in lead; each gap is a place it may break.
2syllables

pinion

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pinion is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, pinion is hyphenated as:

Definitions ofpinion

1noun
  • A wing.
  • The joint of a bird's wing farthest from the body.
  • Any of the outermost primary feathers on a bird's wing.
  • A moth of the genus Lithophane.
  • A fetter for the arm.
1verb
  • To cut off the pinion of a bird’s wing, or otherwise disable or bind its wings, in order to prevent it from flying.
  • To bind the arms of someone, so as to deprive him of their use; to disable by so binding.

    Synonyms: shackle

  • (transferred sense) To restrain; to limit.

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