Hyphenation of boxwood

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

box-wood

Definitions of boxwood:

1.	Very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box) Used in delicate woodwork: musical instruments and inlays and engraving blocks
2.	Evergreen shrubs or small trees

Synonyms of boxwood:

noun	Turkish boxwood, wood
noun	box, shrub, bush

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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.