word break

== English == === Alternative forms === wordbreak word-break === Etymology === From word +‎ break. === Noun === word break (plural word breaks) (usually) A point in writing where a word is split so that part of it is relegated to the next line, typically at the end of a syllable and marked with a hyphen: an intersyllabic division. A word boundary, as operationally defined by either linguistics or computing. ==== Related terms ==== line break, page break, paragraph break, section break ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== hyphenation