Hyphenation of CONTRAPTION

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word CONTRAPTION? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

CON-TRAP-TION

Definitions of CONTRAPTION:

1.	A device or control that is very useful for a particular job

Synonyms of CONTRAPTION:

noun	appliance, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget, device

Last hyphenations of this language

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