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Hyphenation for “daub”

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

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 "daub"

daub >> /dɔb/

Definition: [transitive verb] Coat or smear (a surface) with a thick or sticky substance in a carelessly rough or liberal way.
Example: she daubed her face with night cream

Synonyms of "daub"

bedaub | smear | plaster | bespatter | splash | stain | spatter | splatter | cake | cover thickly | smother | coat | deface |

Definition: [noun] Plaster, clay, or another substance used for coating a surface, especially when mixed with straw and applied to laths or wattles to form a wall.
Example: square huts, mostly daub and wattle

Definition: [noun] A painting executed without much skill.
Example: It's a natural assumption that his daubs and the words he writes in them and alongside them somehow inform one another, but that's to ignore the more telling effect writing has in his early work.