Hyphenation of bristle

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

bris-tle

Definitions of bristle:

1.	A stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament) Natural or synthetic
2.	A stiff hair
3.	Be in a state of movement or action The room abounded with screaming children The garden bristled with toddlers
4.	Rise up as in fear The dog's fur bristled It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!
5.	Have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles Bristling leaves
6.	React in an offended or angry manner He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program

Synonyms of bristle:

noun	fiber, fibre
noun	hair
verb	abound, burst, have, feature
verb	uprise, stand up

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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.