Hyphenation of carbuncle

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

car-bun-cle

Definitions of carbuncle:

1.	Deep-red cabochon garnet cut without facets
2.	An infection larger than a boil and with several openings for discharge of pus

Synonyms of carbuncle:

noun	garnet
noun	staphylococcal infection

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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