Hyphenation for “buttonwoods”
Showing how to split the syllables of “buttonwoods”.
What is the correct hyphenation for “buttonwoods”? The purpose of hyphenation is to separate a word such as "buttonwoods" 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 “buttonwoods” 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: „buttonwoods“ ⟶
„but-ton-woods“.
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 "buttonwoods"
buttonwoods >> /ˈbʌt(ə)nwʊd/
Definition: [noun] An American plane tree.
Example: The reduction of the famous battle of Fallen Timbers in August 1794, when Wayne defeated the Maumee Indians, to a buttonwood tree falling on his tent was especially delicious.
Definition: [noun] Either of two mangroves found mainly in tropical America, used in the production of tanbark and for charcoal.
Example: There among the buttonwoods, palm and the spidery red mangrove, I return to walk and work among them, to breathe their air and tell their time.