Hyphenation of becket

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

beck-et

Definitions of becket:

1.	(Roman Catholic Church) archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170 Murdered following his opposition to Henry II's attempts to control the clergy (1118-1170)
2.	(nautical) a short line with an eye at one end and a knot at the other Used to secure loose items on a ship

Synonyms of becket:

noun	Becket, Thomas a Becket, Saint Thomas a Becket, St. Thomas a Becket, archbishop, martyr, saint
noun	line

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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.