Hyphenation of downwind

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

down-wind

Definitions of downwind:

1.	Towards the side away from the wind
2.	With the wind In the direction the wind is blowing They flew downwind
3.	Away from the wind They were sailing windward

Synonyms of downwind:

adj	lee, leeward
adv	with the wind
adv	windward

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.