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Hyphenation for “cooped”

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

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 "cooped"

cooped >> /kuːp/

Definition: [verb] Confine in a small space.
Example: being cooped up indoors all day makes him fidgety

Synonyms of "cooped"

confine | shut in | close in | shut up | mew up | keep | detain | trap |

Definition: [verb] Put or keep (poultry) in a cage or pen.
Example: our free-range chickens roam the barnyard instead of staying cooped up in a henhouse

Definition: [noun] A cage or pen in which poultry are kept.
Example: Many of the lots had a barn for a cow and horses, and a coop for chickens.

Synonyms of "cooped"

pen | run | cage | hutch | enclosure | pound | lock-up |