Hyphenation of basil

Are you trying to hyphenate basil? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

basil

Definitions of basil:

1.	Any of several Old World tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus Ocimum
2.	(Roman Catholic Church) the bishop of Caesarea who defended the Roman Catholic Church against the heresies of the 4th century A saint and Doctor of the Church (329-379)
3.	Leaves of the common basil Used fresh or dried

Synonyms of basil:

noun	herb, herbaceous plant
noun	Basil, St. Basil, Basil of Caesarea, Basil the Great, St. Basil the Great, theologian, theologist, theologizer, theologiser, Church Father, Father of the Church, Father, saint, Doctor of the Church, Doctor
noun	sweet basil, herb

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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.