Hyphenation of curtail

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

cur-tail

Definitions of curtail:

1.	Place restrictions on Curtail drinking in school
2.	Terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent My speech was cut short Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries

Synonyms of curtail:

verb	restrict, curb, cut back, limit, circumscribe, confine
verb	clip, cut short, shorten

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.