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Hyphenation of shard

How to hyphenate shard

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

shard
Syllables Count
1
Characters Count
5
Alpha-numeric Characters Count
5
Hyphens Count
0
Haphenation done based on the Knuth-Liang word-division algorithm. The computed hyphenation pattern is: shard

Definitions of shard

shard is defined as:

Definition 1 as noun

  • noun
    A piece of broken glass or pottery, especially one found in an archaeological dig.

    Synonyms: potsherd

  • noun
    (by extension) A piece of material, especially rock and similar materials, reminding of a broken piece of glass or pottery.

    Synonyms: splinter

  • noun
    A tough scale, sheath, or shell; especially an elytron of a beetle.
  • noun
    An instance of an MMORPG that is one of several independent and structurally identical virtual worlds, none of which has so many players as to exhaust a system's resources.
  • noun
    A component of a sharded distributed database.

    Synonyms: partition

  • noun
    (singular or plural) A piece of crystal methamphetamine.

Definition 1 as verb

  • verb
    To fall apart into shards, usually as the result of impact or explosion.
  • verb
    To break (something) into shards.
  • verb
    To divide (an MMORPG) into several shards, or to establish a shard of one.

Words nearby shard

  • shapoo
  • shaps
  • shaptan
  • shaptin
  • shapy
  • sharable
  • sharada
  • sharan
  • (shard)
  • shard-born
  • shard-borne
  • shardana
  • sharded
  • sharding
  • shards
  • shardy
  • share

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What is hyphenation

Hyphenation is the process of splitting words into syllables and inserting hyphens between them to facilitate the reading of a text. It is also used to divide words when the word cannot fit on a line.

This technique is particularly helpful in fully justified texts, where it aids in creating a uniform edge along both sides of a paragraph. Hyphenation rules vary among languages and even among different publications within the same language. It's a critical component in typesetting, significantly influencing the aesthetics and readability of printed and digital media. For instance, in compound adjectives like 'long-term solution', hyphens clarify relationships between words, preventing misinterpretation. Moreover, hyphenation can alter meanings: 'recreation' differs from 're-creation'.

With the advent of digital text, hyphenation algorithms have become more sophisticated, though still imperfect, sometimes requiring manual adjustment to ensure accuracy and coherence in text layout. Understanding and correctly applying hyphenation rules is therefore not only a matter of linguistic accuracy but also a key aspect of effective visual communication.