Hyphenation of “shoebox”
The standard US-English hyphenation shown for shoebox is shoe-box, with 1 possible break point in this result.
US English hyphenation
shoe-box
2 segments1 break points
British English pattern result
shoe-box
The GB pattern set returns the same result for this word.
What does “shoebox” mean?
shoebox: a box in which a pair of shoes is delivered or sold.
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noun
a box in which a pair of shoes is delivered or sold.
Example: “she kept her cash in a shoebox under the bed”
How “shoebox” is split
shoe·box
For US English, the hyphenation result is shoe-box. This gives 1 possible line-break point in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.
Questions about “shoebox”
How do you hyphenate “shoebox”?
In the US-English result used here, shoebox is hyphenated as shoe-box.
Where can “shoebox” break at the end of a line?
The returned US pattern contains 1 possible break point.
What does “shoebox” mean?
a box in which a pair of shoes is delivered or sold.
Can you use “shoebox” in a sentence?
“she kept her cash in a shoebox under the bed”