Hyphenation of “pincers”
The standard US-English hyphenation shown for pincers is pin-cers, with 1 possible break point in this result.
What does “pincers” mean?
pincers: A tool made of two pieces of metal with blunt concave jaws that are arranged like the blades of scissors, used for gripping and pulling things.
A tool made of two pieces of metal with blunt concave jaws that are arranged like the blades of scissors, used for gripping and pulling things.
Example: “They had brought with them a car which they proceeded to cut apart using a large pair of pincers and spreaders.”
A hinged and sharply pointed organ used by an arthropod for feeding or defence, as the mandibles of an insect, or each of the chelae of a crab, lobster, or scorpion.
Example: “In others, they are intermediate in size and appear to function as pincers or nippers, as in other groups of mammals.”
How “pincers” is split
For US English, the hyphenation result is pin-cers. This gives 1 possible line-break point in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.
Questions about “pincers”
How do you hyphenate “pincers”?
In the US-English result used here, pincers is hyphenated as pin-cers.
Where can “pincers” break at the end of a line?
The returned US pattern contains 1 possible break point.
What does “pincers” mean?
A tool made of two pieces of metal with blunt concave jaws that are arranged like the blades of scissors, used for gripping and pulling things.
Can you use “pincers” in a sentence?
“They had brought with them a car which they proceeded to cut apart using a large pair of pincers and spreaders.”