English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “abseils”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for abseils is ab-seils, with 1 possible break point in this result.

US English hyphenation
ab-seils
2 segments1 break points
British English pattern result ab-seils The GB pattern set returns the same result for this word.
Wordabseils
Hyphenationab-seils
Break points1
Part of speechverb · noun
Pronunciation/ˈabseɪl/
Meaning & usage

What does “abseils” mean?

abseils: Descend a rock face or other near-vertical surface by using a doubled rope coiled round the body and fixed at a higher point.

Headwordabseil
Part of speechverb · noun
Pronunciation/ˈabseɪl/
1
verb

Descend a rock face or other near-vertical surface by using a doubled rope coiled round the body and fixed at a higher point.

Example: “team members had to abseil down sheer cliffs to reach the couple”

2
noun

A descent made by abseiling.

Example: “a 120 ft abseil”

Word breaks

How “abseils” is split

ab·seils

For US English, the hyphenation result is ab-seils. This gives 1 possible line-break point in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.

Quick answers

Questions about “abseils”

How do you hyphenate “abseils”?

In the US-English result used here, abseils is hyphenated as ab-seils.

Where can “abseils” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 1 possible break point.

What does “abseils” mean?

Descend a rock face or other near-vertical surface by using a doubled rope coiled round the body and fixed at a higher point.

Can you use “abseils” in a sentence?

“team members had to abseil down sheer cliffs to reach the couple”

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