Hyphenation of finishing

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

fin-ish-ing

Definitions of finishing:

1.	A decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance) The boat had a metallic finish He applied a coat of a clear finish When the finish is too thin it is difficult to apply evenly
2.	The act of finishing His best finish in a major tournament was third The speaker's finishing was greeted with applause

Synonyms of finishing:

noun	coating, finish, decorativeness
noun	finish, completion, culmination, closing, windup, mop up

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.