Hyphenation of dormant

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

dor-mant

Definitions of dormant:

1.	In a condition of biological rest or suspended animation Dormant buds A hibernating bear Torpid frogs
2.	(of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct A dormant volcano
3.	Lying with head on paws as if sleeping
4.	Inactive but capable of becoming active Her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened

Synonyms of dormant:

adj	dormant, inactive, quiescent
adj	sleeping, unerect
adj	hibernating, torpid, asleep
adj	inactive

Last hyphenations of this language

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