Hyphenation of carom

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

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Definitions of carom:

1.	A glancing rebound
2.	A shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
3.	Rebound after hitting The car caromed off several lampposts
4.	Make a carom

Synonyms of carom:

noun	ricochet, recoil, repercussion, rebound, backlash
noun	cannon, stroke, shot
verb	glance, bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet
verb	shoot

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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.