Unhyphenate
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To remove or displace a hyphen from. transitive
"The dictionary chose to unhyphenate "cry-baby", and listed it as "crybaby"."
Example
More examples"The dictionary chose to unhyphenate "cry-baby", and listed it as "crybaby"."
Etymology
From un- + hyphenate.