English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “jungle-like”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for jungle-like is jun-gle--like, with 2 possible break points in this result.

US English hyphenation
jun-gle--like
3 segments2 break points
British English pattern result jungle--like The GB pattern set returns a different line-break pattern. Pattern differences are not automatically treated as a linguistic US/UK difference.
Wordjungle-like
Hyphenationjun-gle--like
Break points2
Part of speechadjective
Meaning & usage

What does “jungle-like” mean?

jungle-like: resembling a jungle, especially in being overgrown and densely tangled.

Headwordjungle-like
Part of speechadjective
1
adjective

resembling a jungle, especially in being overgrown and densely tangled.

Example: “jungle-like vegetation surrounds the river”

Word breaks

How “jungle-like” is split

jun·gle·like

For US English, the hyphenation result is jun-gle--like. This gives 2 possible line-break points in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns jungle--like.

Quick answers

Questions about “jungle-like”

How do you hyphenate “jungle-like”?

In the US-English result used here, jungle-like is hyphenated as jun-gle--like.

Where can “jungle-like” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 2 possible break points.

What does “jungle-like” mean?

resembling a jungle, especially in being overgrown and densely tangled.

Can you use “jungle-like” in a sentence?

“jungle-like vegetation surrounds the river”

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