Usually means: Punctuation connecting or separating words.
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  1. hyphens: Merriam-Webster
  2. hyphens: Collins English Dictionary
  3. hyphens: Vocabulary.com
  4. Hyphens, hyphens: Wordnik
  5. hyphens: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. hyphens: Wiktionary
  7. hyphens: Dictionary.com
  8. hyphens: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Hyphens: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. hyphens: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. hyphens: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hyphen)

noun:  The symbol "‐", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line.
noun:  (figuratively) Something which links two things of greater significance than itself.
noun:  An enclosed walkway or passage that connects two buildings.
noun:  Someone who belongs to a marginalized subgroup, and can therefore described by a hyphenated term, such as "German-American", "female-academic", etc.
verb:  (transitive, dated) To separate or punctuate with a hyphen; to hyphenate.
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