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Hyphenation for “bottom”

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What is the correct hyphenation for “bottom”? The purpose of hyphenation is to separate a word such as "bottom" because otherwise it would be too long and would no longer fit on one line. This separation not only saves space it improves the visually flow of the text. This word separation exists in most languages. In English, the word separation of “bottom” is based on the speech syllables. The separating syllable in linguistics is therefore the smallest group of sounds in the natural flow of speech. As a separator, the classic hyphen is usually used: „bottom“ ⟶ „bot-tom“.

Hyphens are occasionally used to denote syllabification, as in syl-la-bi-fi-ca-tion. Various British and North American dictionaries use an interpunct, sometimes called a "middle dot" or "hyphenation point", for this purpose, as in syl·la·bi·fi·ca·tion. This allows the hyphen to be reserved only for places where a hard hyphen is intended (for example, self-con·scious, un·self-con·scious, long-stand·ing). Similarly, hyphens may be used to indicate how a word is being or should be spelled. For example, W-O-R-D spells "word".

Definitions of "bottom"

bottom >> /ˈbɑdəm/

Definition: [noun] The lowest point or part of something.
Example: the bottom of the page

Synonyms of "bottom"

foot | lowest part | lowest point | base | extremity |

Definition: [noun] A person's buttocks.
Example: he climbs the side of the gorge, scratching his bottom unselfconsciously

Synonyms of "bottom"

rear | rump | rear end | backside | seat |

Definition: [noun] Stamina or strength of character, especially of a horse.

Definition: [noun] A man who takes the passive role in anal intercourse with another man.

Definition: [noun] The second half of an inning.
Example: the bottom of the ninth

Definition: [intransitive verb] (of a performance or situation) reach the lowest point before stabilizing or improving.
Example: interest rates have bottomed out

Definition: [adjective] In the lowest position.
Example: the books on the bottom shelf

Synonyms of "bottom"

lowest | last | bottommost | undermost | ground |

Definition: [adjective] Denoting a flavor (variety) of unstable quark having an electric charge of -1/3. Bottom quarks have similar properties to down quarks and strange quarks, but are distinguished from them by having a larger mass.
Example: Each quark can be chosen from any of six flavours: up, down, strange, charm, bottom and top.