Hyphenation of SECONDHAND

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

SEC-OND-HAND

Definitions of SECONDHAND:

1.	Derived from what is primary or original Not firsthand A secondhand report A secondhand account of a memory of something once read Most of our knowledge is secondhand
2.	Previously used or owned by another Bought a secondhand (or used) car
3.	By indirect means I heard about it only secondhand or thirdhand He prefers to buy secondhand

Synonyms of SECONDHAND:

adj	secondary
adj	used, old

Last hyphenations of this language

burgess-ship burrfishes recompiled panjabi bipartile colloguing burthened pagurid allied unsotted bally gizo butterbough fible-fable costal inactivity huppot strictnesses memorized

Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.