Hyphenation of ferret

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

fer-ret

Definitions of ferret:

1.	Musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States Nearly extinct
2.	Domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits
3.	Hound or harry relentlessly
4.	Hunt with ferrets
5.	Search and discover through persistent investigation She ferreted out the truth

Synonyms of ferret:

noun	black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes, musteline mammal, mustelid, musteline
noun	polecat, fitch, foulmart, foumart, Mustela putorius
verb	hound, hunt, trace
verb	hunt, run, hunt down, track down
verb	ferret out, discover, find

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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.