English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “whorls”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for whorls is whorls, with 0 possible break points in this result.

US English hyphenation
whorls
1 segments0 break points
British English pattern result whorls The GB pattern set returns the same result for this word.
Wordwhorls
Hyphenationwhorls
Break points0
Part of speechnoun · verb
Pronunciationwəːl
Meaning & usage

What does “whorls” mean?

whorls: a pattern of spirals or concentric circles.

Headwordwhorl
Part of speechnoun · verb
Pronunciationwəːl
1
noun

a pattern of spirals or concentric circles.

Example: “Shelley drew larger and larger dark whorls on her notepad”

2
noun

a small wheel or pulley in a spinning wheel, spinning machine, or spindle.

3
verb

spiral or move in a twisted and convoluted fashion.

Word breaks

How “whorls” is split

whorls

For US English, the hyphenation result is whorls. This gives 0 possible line-break points in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.

Quick answers

Questions about “whorls”

How do you hyphenate “whorls”?

In the US-English result used here, whorls is hyphenated as whorls.

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

The returned US pattern contains 0 possible break points.

What does “whorls” mean?

a pattern of spirals or concentric circles.

Can you use “whorls” in a sentence?

“Shelley drew larger and larger dark whorls on her notepad”

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