runts
Because it is a word with a single syllable, runts is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofrunts
- The smallest animal of a litter.
- (by extension) The smallest child in the family.
Example: "the runt of the family"
- Undersized or stunted plant, animal or person.
Synonyms: dwarf
- An Ethernet packet that does not meet the medium's minimum packet size of 64 bytes.
- A single word (or portion of a hyphenated word) that appears as the last line of a paragraph.
- A breed of pigeon related to the carrier pigeon.
- A hardened stem or stalk of a plant.
Example: "Neither young poles nor old runts are durable. — Holland."
- A bow.
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