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Hyphenation for “reeds”

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

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 "reeds"

reeds >> riːd

Definition: [noun] a tall, slender-leaved plant of the grass family, which grows in water or on marshy ground.

Synonyms of "reeds"

Definition: [noun] a weak or impressionable person.
Example: the jurors were mere reeds in the wind

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Definition: [noun] a piece of thin cane or metal, sometimes doubled, which vibrates in a current of air to produce the sound of various musical instruments, as in the mouthpiece of a clarinet or oboe or at the base of some organ pipes.
Example: a reed instrument

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Definition: [noun] an electrical contact used in a magnetically operated switch or relay.
Example: the permanent magnet closes the reeds and contacts together

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Definition: [noun] a comblike implement (originally made from reed or cane) used by a weaver to separate the threads of the warp and correctly position the weft.

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Definition: [noun] a set of semi-cylindrical adjacent mouldings like reeds laid together.

Synonyms of "reeds"