Hyphenation of caput

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

ca-put

Definitions of caput:

1.	A headlike protuberance on an organ or structure The caput humeri is the head of the humerus which fits into a cavity in the scapula
2.	The upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals Contains the face and brains He stuck his head out the window

Synonyms of caput:

noun	bulge, bump, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence
noun	head, external body part

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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