Hyphenation of amalgam

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word amalgam? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

amal-gam

Definitions of amalgam:

1.	An alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth Except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams
2.	A combination or blend of diverse things His theory is an amalgam of earlier ideas

Synonyms of amalgam:

noun	dental amalgam, alloy, metal
noun	combination

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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.