Hyphenation of chapter

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

chap-ter

Definitions of chapter:

1.	A subdivision of a written work Usually numbered and titled He read a chapter every night before falling asleep
2.	Any distinct period in history or in a person's life The industrial revolution opened a new chapter in British history The divorce was an ugly chapter in their relationship
3.	A local branch of some fraternity or association He joined the Atlanta chapter
4.	An ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church
5.	A series of related events forming an episode A chapter of disasters

Synonyms of chapter:

noun	section, subdivision
noun	phase, stage
noun	club, society, guild, gild, lodge, order
noun	assembly
noun	episode

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.