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Hyphenation for “quills”

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

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 "quills"

quills >> /kwɪl/

Definition: [verb] Form (fabric) into small cylindrical folds.
Example: Clearly a master of her modest medium, she folds paper into facets, quills it into curlicues and cuts it into intricate, lacelike filigree.

Definition: [noun] Any of the main wing or tail feathers of a bird.The hollow shaft of a feather, especially the lower part or calamus that lacks barbs.A pen made from a main wing or tail feather of a large bird by pointing and slitting the end of the shaft.
Example: Outside the banquet hall there was a small oak table, upon which rested a yellowed parchment and a droopy quill of some exotic bird.

Definition: [noun] The hollow sharp spines of a porcupine, hedgehog, or other spiny mammal.
Example: These elaborately painted masks represent a pair of horned animals, each with a porcupine quill sprouting from its head.

Synonyms of "quills"

prickle | spine | quill | thorn | barb |

Definition: [noun] another term for penne
Example: a dish of pasta quills tossed in a spicy tomato sauce

Definition: [noun] Pan pipes.