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Hyphenation for “caltrop”

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What is the correct hyphenation for “caltrop”? The purpose of hyphenation is to separate a word such as "caltrop" 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 “caltrop” 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: „caltrop“ ⟶ „cal-trop“.

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 "caltrop"

caltrop >> /ˈkæltrəp/

Definition: [noun] A spiked metal device thrown on the ground to impede wheeled vehicles or (formerly) cavalry horses.
Example: militant demonstrators threw a box of caltrops across the highway

Definition: [noun] A creeping plant with woody carpels that typically have hard spines and resemble military caltrops.
Example: Caltrop is quite rare in Cottesloe, as far as I know, and it looks like this infestation may have been introduced during works associated with the path construction, perhaps.

Definition: [noun] another term for water chestnut (sense 3)