Hyphenation of basketball

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

bas-ket-ball

Definitions of basketball :

1.	A game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players Points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop
2.	An inflated ball used in playing basketball

Synonyms of basketball :

noun	basketball game, hoops, court game
noun	ball, basketball equipment

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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.