Hyphenation of extractor

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

ex-trac-tor

Definitions of extractor:

1.	An instrument for extracting tight-fitting components
2.	An apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension
3.	A mechanism in a firearm that pulls an empty shell case out of the chamber and passes it to the ejector

Synonyms of extractor:

noun	instrument
noun	centrifuge, separator, apparatus, setup
noun	cartridge extractor, cartridge remover, mechanism

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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.