Hyphenation of breaker

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

break-er

Definitions of breaker:

1.	A quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone
2.	Waves breaking on the shore
3.	A device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded

Synonyms of breaker:

noun	ledgeman, quarryman, quarrier
noun	surf, breakers, wave, moving ridge
noun	circuit breaker, fuse, electrical fuse

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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.