Hyphenation of burden

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

bur-den

Definitions of burden:

1.	An onerous or difficult concern The burden of responsibility That's a load off my mind
2.	Weight to be borne or conveyed
3.	The central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
4.	The central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse
5.	Weight down with a load
6.	Impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend

Synonyms of burden:

noun	load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus, concern, worry, headache, vexation
noun	load, loading, weight
noun	effect, essence, core, gist, meaning, significance, signification, import
noun	idea, thought
verb	burthen, weight, weight down, charge
verb	charge, saddle, command, require, compel

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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.