Hyphenation of doubles

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

dou-bles

Definitions of doubles:

1.	Badminton played with two players on each side
2.	Tennis played with two players on each side
3.	Increase twofold The population doubled within 50 years
4.	Hit a two-base hit
5.	Bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain He doubled and vomited violently
6.	Do double duty Serve two purposes or have two functions She doubles as his wife and secretary
7.	Bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit)
8.	Make or do or perform again He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick
9.	Having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities A double (or dual) role for an actor The office of a clergyman is twofold Public preaching and private influence- R.W.Emerson Every episode has its double and treble meaning-Frederick Harrison
10.	Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs An egg with a double yolk A double (binary) star Double doors Dual controls for pilot and copilot Duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure
11.	Twice as great or many Ate a double portion The dose is doubled A twofold increase
12.	Used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements Double chrysanthemums have many rows of petals and are usually spherical or hemispherical
13.	Used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
14.	Large enough for two A double bed A double room
15.	Having two meanings with intent to deceive A sly double meaning Spoke with forked tongue
16.	Downward and forward He was bent double with pain
17.	Two together Some people sleep better double
18.	To double the degree She was doubly rewarded His eyes were double bright

Synonyms of doubles:

noun	badminton
noun	tennis, lawn tennis
noun	double, two-base hit, two-bagger, two-baser, base hit, safety, bingle
noun	double, stunt man, stunt woman, stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in
noun	double, image, look-alike, person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
noun	double, multiple
noun	doubling, double, raise

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Hyphenator

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