Hyphenation of foothold

Are you trying to hyphenate foothold? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

foothold

Definitions of foothold:

1.	An area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies An attempt to secure a bridgehead behind enemy lines The only foothold left for British troops in Europe was Gibraltar
2.	A place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing
3.	An initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments The town became a beachhead in the campaign to ban smoking outdoors They are presently attempting to gain a foothold in the Russian market

Synonyms of foothold:

noun	bridgehead, combat zone, combat area
noun	footing, support
noun	beachhead, accomplishment, achievement

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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.