Hyphenation of brittle

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

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Definitions of brittle:

1.	Caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
2.	Having little elasticity Hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped Brittle bones Glass is brittle `brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal
3.	Lacking warmth and generosity of spirit A brittle and calculating woman
4.	(of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured

Synonyms of brittle:

adj	brickle, brickly, breakable
adj	coldhearted
adj	unannealed, untempered, unhardened
noun	toffee, toffy, candy

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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.