Hyphenation of butternut

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word butternut? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

but-ter-nut

Definitions of butternut:

1.	North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts Source of a light-brown dye
2.	Oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family

Synonyms of butternut:

noun	butternut tree, white walnut, Juglans cinerea, walnut, walnut tree
noun	edible nut

Last hyphenations of this language

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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.