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Hyphenation for “puff”

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

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 "puff"

puff >> /pəf/

Definition: [verb] Breathe in repeated short gasps.
Example: exercises that make you puff

Synonyms of "puff"

breathe heavily | breathe loudly | breathe quickly | breathe rapidly | pant | puff and pant | puff and blow | blow |

Definition: [verb] Cause to swell or become swollen.
Example: he suddenly sucked his stomach in and puffed his chest out

Synonyms of "puff"

bulge | swell | swell out | stick out | distend | belly | belly out | balloon | balloon out | balloon up | expand | inflate | enlarge |

Definition: [verb] Advertise with exaggerated or false praise.
Example: publishers have puffed the book on the grounds that it contains new discoveries

Synonyms of "puff"

advertise | promote | give publicity to | publicize | push | recommend | commend | endorse | put in a good word for | beat the drum for |

Definition: [noun] A short, explosive burst of breath or wind.
Example: a puff of wind swung the weathervane around

Synonyms of "puff"

gust | blast | rush | squall | gale | whiff | breath | flurry | draught | waft | breeze | blow |

Definition: [noun] A light pastry case, typically one made of puff pastry, containing a sweet or savory filling.
Example: a cream puff

Definition: [noun] A review of a work of art, book, or theatrical production, especially an excessively complimentary one.

Synonyms of "puff"

favourable mention | piece of publicity | favourable review | advertisement | promotion | recommendation | commendation | mention | good word | commercial |

Definition: [noun] A gathered mass of material in a dress or other garment.
Example: Anyways, this sleeves of this dress are examples of ‘deflated puffs.’

Definition: [noun] A powder puff.
Example: she sent her a box of dusting powder with a swansdown puff