Hyphenation of excavator

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word excavator? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

ex-ca-va-tor

Definitions of excavator:

1.	A workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for quarrying
2.	A machine for excavating

Synonyms of excavator:

noun	workman, working man, working person
noun	power shovel, digger, shovel, machine

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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.