Hyphenation of calorie

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

calo-rie

Definitions of calorie:

1.	A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure Used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food
2.	Unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure

Synonyms of calorie:

noun	gram calorie, small calorie, work unit, heat unit, energy unit
noun	Calorie, kilogram calorie, kilocalorie, large calorie, nutritionist's calorie, work unit, heat unit, energy unit

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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.