Hyphenation of caress

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

ca-ress

Definitions of caress:

1.	A gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it) He showered her with caresses Soft music was a fond caress The caresses of the breeze played over his face
2.	Touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner He caressed her face They fondled in the back seat of the taxi

Synonyms of caress:

noun	stroke, stroking
verb	touch

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.