Hyphenation of elongated

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word elongated? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

elon-gat-ed

Definitions of elongated:

1.	Drawn out or made longer spatially Picasso's elongated Don Quixote Lengthened skirts are fashionable this year The extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes A prolonged black line across the page
2.	Having notably more length than width Being long and slender An elongate tail tapering to a point The old man's gaunt and elongated frame

Synonyms of elongated:

adj	extended, lengthened, prolonged, long
adj	elongate, long

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.