English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “godwits”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for godwits is god-wits, with 1 possible break point in this result.

US English hyphenation
god-wits
2 segments1 break points
British English pattern result god-wits The GB pattern set returns the same result for this word.
Wordgodwits
Hyphenationgod-wits
Break points1
Part of speechnoun
Pronunciationˈɡɒdwɪt
Meaning & usage

What does “godwits” mean?

godwits: a large, long-legged wader with a long, slightly upturned or straight bill, and typically a reddish-brown head and breast in the breeding male.

Headwordgodwit
Part of speechnoun
Pronunciationˈɡɒdwɪt
1
noun

a large, long-legged wader with a long, slightly upturned or straight bill, and typically a reddish-brown head and breast in the breeding male.

Word breaks

How “godwits” is split

god·wits

For US English, the hyphenation result is god-wits. This gives 1 possible line-break point in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.

Quick answers

Questions about “godwits”

How do you hyphenate “godwits”?

In the US-English result used here, godwits is hyphenated as god-wits.

Where can “godwits” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 1 possible break point.

What does “godwits” mean?

a large, long-legged wader with a long, slightly upturned or straight bill, and typically a reddish-brown head and breast in the breeding male.

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