Hyphenation of NEIGHBORHOOD

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

NEIGH-BOR-HOOD

Definitions of NEIGHBORHOOD:

1.	A surrounding or nearby region The plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville It is a rugged locality He always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods
2.	People living near one another It is a friendly neighborhood My neighborhood voted for Bush
3.	The approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of') It was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job The price is in the neighborhood of $100
4.	An area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community) An ethnic neighborhood

Synonyms of NEIGHBORHOOD:

noun	vicinity, locality, neighbourhood, neck of the woods, section
noun	neighbourhood, community
noun	region, indefinite quantity

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