Hyphenation of costume

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

cos-tume

Definitions of costume:

1.	The attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball He won the prize for best costume
2.	Unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate to the time and place In spite of the heat he insisted on his woolen costume
3.	The prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments)
4.	The attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class He wore his national costume
5.	Dress in a costume We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins
6.	Furnish with costumes As for a film or play

Synonyms of costume:

noun	attire, garb, dress
noun	attire, garb, dress
noun	attire, garb, dress
noun	attire, garb, dress
verb	dress up, dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel
verb	supply, provide, render, furnish

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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.