English Explanatory Dictionary

soft hyphen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A generally invisible text character marking a point where hyphenation can occur without forcing a line break in an inconvenient place if the text is later reflowed.

Word forms

soft hyphen soft hyphens

Synonyms

discretionary hyphen
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