1. a punctuation mark (-) used to join words or parts of words

1. to connect or separate with a hyphen

Examples

• The word ‘twenty-one’ contains a hyphen.
• Use a hyphen in compound adjectives like ‘well-known author’.
• The editor decided to hyphen the compound word.
• Self-control requires a hyphen between the two parts.
• Don’t forget the hyphen in ‘mother-in-law’.
• The printer will hyphen long words at the end of lines.
• Co-worker is spelled with a hyphen.
• The style guide says to hyphen all compound numbers.