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Hyphenation of shards

How to hyphenate shards

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

shards
Syllables Count
1
Characters Count
6
Alpha-numeric Characters Count
6
Hyphens Count
0
Haphenation done based on the Knuth-Liang word-division algorithm. The computed hyphenation pattern is: shards

Definitions of shards

shards 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.

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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.