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Hyphenation for “kettle”

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

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 "kettle"

kettle >> ˈkɛt(ə)l

Definition: [noun] a container or device in which water is boiled, having a lid, spout, and handle.

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Definition: [noun] a depression in the ground thought to have been formed by the melting of an ice block trapped in glacial deposits, especially one that is circular and deep.
Example: our lake is probably a kettle

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Definition: [noun] a small area in which demonstrators or protesters are confined by police seeking to maintain order during a demonstration.
Example: activists in the kettle were protesting at being held and resisting arrest

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Definition: [verb] (of the police) confine (a group of demonstrators or protesters) to a small area, as a method of crowd control during a demonstration.
Example: the plan was to get as close to the protest as possible without getting kettled

Synonyms of "kettle"