Hyphenation of barbecue

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

bar-be-cue

Definitions of barbecue:

1.	Meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce
2.	A cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire Especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit
3.	A rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors
4.	Cook outdoors on a barbecue grill Let's barbecue that meat We cooked out in the forest

Synonyms of barbecue:

noun	barbeque, dish
noun	barbeque, cookout
noun	barbeque, rack
verb	cook out, grill

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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.