English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “songlike”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for songlike is song-like, with 1 possible break point in this result.

US English hyphenation
song-like
2 segments1 break points
British English pattern result song-like The GB pattern set returns the same result for this word.
Wordsonglike
Hyphenationsong-like
Break points1
Part of speechadjective
Pronunciationˈsɒŋlʌɪk
Meaning & usage

What does “songlike” mean?

songlike: resembling a song in melody or structure.

Headwordsonglike
Part of speechadjective
Pronunciationˈsɒŋlʌɪk
1
adjective

resembling a song in melody or structure.

Example: “groups of notes are repeated in a songlike pattern”

Word breaks

How “songlike” is split

song·like

For US English, the hyphenation result is song-like. This gives 1 possible line-break point in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.

Quick answers

Questions about “songlike”

How do you hyphenate “songlike”?

In the US-English result used here, songlike is hyphenated as song-like.

Where can “songlike” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 1 possible break point.

What does “songlike” mean?

resembling a song in melody or structure.

Can you use “songlike” in a sentence?

“groups of notes are repeated in a songlike pattern”