Hyphenation of beachhead

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

beach-head

Definitions of beachhead:

1.	A bridgehead on the enemy's shoreline seized by an amphibious operation The Germans were desperately trying to contain the Anzio beachhead
2.	An initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments The town became a beachhead in the campaign to ban smoking outdoors They are presently attempting to gain a foothold in the Russian market

Synonyms of beachhead:

noun	bridgehead, foothold
noun	foothold, accomplishment, achievement

Last hyphenations of this language

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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.