Hyphenation of collateral

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word collateral ? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

col-lat-er-al

Definitions of collateral :

1.	A security pledged for the repayment of a loan
2.	Descended from a common ancestor but through different lines Cousins are collateral relatives An indirect descendant of the Stuarts
3.	Serving to support or corroborate Collateral evidence
4.	Accompany, concomitant Collateral target damage from a bombing run
5.	Situated or running side by side Collateral ridges of mountains

Synonyms of collateral :

adj	collateral, indirect, related
adj	confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying, supportive
adj	secondary
adj	parallel
noun	security interest

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.