syllabication

American

[si-lab-i-kay-shuhn] / sɪˌlæb ɪˈkeɪ ʃən /

noun

plural

syllabications

a variant of syllabification.

Vocabulary lists containing syllabication

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From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

The crowd chatter, much of it warmly spiced with Spanish-American syllabication, died.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Fairbain did well and actually seemed to be enjoying himself until syllabication did him in.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg

The number 49 on the last page of the original book should be page 46.Hyphens to indicate syllabication have been retained.

From A Bit of Sunshine by Unknown

The opening syllabication is like dickcissel's; then follows a trill of no specially definable character.

From Birds of the Rockies by Keyser, Leander S. (Leander Sylvester)

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