English Explanatory Dictionary

suspended hyphen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of hyphen used to represent omission of repeated parts of compound words in a list.

Word forms

suspended hyphen suspended hyphens

Synonyms

dangling hyphen floating hyphen hanging hyphen suspension hyphen suspensive hyphen
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