Hyphenation of compound

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

com-pound

Definitions of compound:

1.	A whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
2.	(chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight
3.	An enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient)
4.	Make more intense, stronger, or more marked The efforts were intensified
5.	Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness This event only deepened my convictions
6.	Put or add together Combine resources
7.	Calculate principal and interest
8.	Create by mixing or combining
9.	Combine so as to form a whole Mix Compound the ingredients
10.	Composed of more than one part Compound leaves are composed of several lobes Compound flower heads
11.	Consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts Soap is a compound substance Housetop is a compound word A blackberry is a compound fruit
12.	Composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony Coral is a colonial organism

Synonyms of compound:

adj	compound, bilobate, bilobated, bilobed, binate, bipinnate, cleft, dissected, conjugate, decompound, even-pinnate, abruptly-pinnate, paripinnate, incised, lobed, lobate, odd-pinnate, imparipinnate, parted, palmate, palm-shaped, pedate, pinnate, pinnated, pinnatifid, pinnatisect, quinquefoliate, ternate, trifoliate, trifoliolate, trifoliated, trilobate, trilobated, trilobed, bipartite, bipinnatifid, palmatifid, tripinnate, tripinnated, tripinnatifid, complex, rough, smooth
adj	complex
adj	colonial, complex
noun	chemical compound, substance, matter
noun	whole
noun	enclosure
verb	intensify, heighten, deepen, increase
verb	combine, add
verb	account, calculate
verb	assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together
verb	combine, mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate

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