Hyphenation of foliate

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

fo-li-ate

Definitions of foliate:

1.	Hammer into thin flat foils Foliate metal
2.	Decorate with leaves
3.	Coat or back with metal foil Foliate glass
4.	Number the pages of a book or manuscript
5.	Grow leaves The tree foliated in Spring
6.	Ornamented with foliage or foils Foliate tracery A foliated capital
7.	(often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves `foliate' is combined with the prefix `tri' to form the word `trifoliate'
8.	(especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata

Synonyms of foliate:

adj	foliated, plant organ
adj	leafy
adj	foliated, foliaceous, stratified, bedded
verb	forge, hammer
verb	decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
verb	coat, surface
verb	paginate, page, number
verb	develop, make grow

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Hyphenator

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