Hyphenation of fathoms

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

fath-oms

Definitions of fathoms:

1.	A linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth
2.	(mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore
3.	Come to understand
4.	Measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line

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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.