Hyphenation of distaff

Are you trying to hyphenate distaff? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

distaff

Definitions of distaff:

1.	The sphere of work by women
2.	The staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning
3.	Characteristic of or peculiar to a woman Female sensitiveness Female suffrage

Synonyms of distaff:

adj	female, feminine
noun	sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena
noun	staff

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.