Hyphenation of elder

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

el-der

Definitions of elder:

1.	A person who is older than you are
2.	Any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
3.	Any of various church officers
4.	Used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son Bill Adams
5.	Sr.

Synonyms of elder:

adj	older, sr., senior
adj	big, older
noun	senior, adult, grownup
noun	elderberry bush, shrub, bush
noun	church officer

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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.