Hyphen

n. short dash, short line used to connect or separate words or syllables (-)

v. hyphenate, connect with a hyphen, divide with a hyphen

A hyphen ( ‐ ) is a punctuation mark. It is used both to join words and to separate syllables. It is often confused with the dashes ( –, —, ― ), which are longer and have different functions. The use of hyphens is called Hyphenation.
See more at Wikipedia.org...

Noun
1. a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
(synonym) dash
(hypernym) punctuation, punctuation mark
(derivation) hyphenate
Verb
1. divide or connect with a hyphen; "hyphenate these words and names"
(synonym) hyphenate
(hypernym) spell, write
(derivation) dash

(v. t.)
To connect with, or separate by, a hyphen, as two words or the parts of a word.
  

(n.)
A mark or short dash, thus [-], placed at the end of a line which terminates with a syllable of a word, the remainder of which is carried to the next line; or between the parts of many a compound word; as in fine-leaved, clear-headed. It is also sometimes used to separate the syllables of words.
  

hyphen /'haifən/
danh từ dấu nối quâng ngắt (giữa hai âm, khi nói) ngoại động từ+ (hyphenate) /'haifəneit/ gạch dấu nối (trong từ ghép); nối (hai từ) bằng dấu nối
(C) 2007 www.TừĐiểnTiếngViệt.net