English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “victuals”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for victuals is vict-uals, with 1 possible break point in this result.

US English hyphenation
vict-uals
2 segments1 break points
British English pattern result victu-als The GB pattern set returns a different line-break pattern. Pattern differences are not automatically treated as a linguistic US/UK difference.
Wordvictuals
Hyphenationvict-uals
Break points1
Part of speechnoun · verb
Pronunciationˈvɪt(ə)l
Meaning & usage

What does “victuals” mean?

victuals: food or provisions.

Headwordvictual
Part of speechnoun · verb
Pronunciationˈvɪt(ə)l
1
noun

food or provisions.

Example: “turkey and other savoury victuals were served”

2
verb

provide with food or other stores.

Example: “the ship wasn't even properly victualled”

Word breaks

How “victuals” is split

vict·uals

For US English, the hyphenation result is vict-uals. This gives 1 possible line-break point in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns victu-als.

Quick answers

Questions about “victuals”

How do you hyphenate “victuals”?

In the US-English result used here, victuals is hyphenated as vict-uals.

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

The returned US pattern contains 1 possible break point.

What does “victuals” mean?

food or provisions.

Can you use “victuals” in a sentence?

“turkey and other savoury victuals were served”

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