Hyphenation of backstop

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

back-stop

Definitions of backstop:

1.	(baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher
2.	(baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field
3.	A precaution in case of an emergency He acted as a backstop in case anything went wrong
4.	Act as a backstop

Synonyms of backstop:

noun	fence, fencing
verb	play

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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.