Hyphenation of fossil

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

fos-sil

Definitions of fossil:

1.	Someone whose style is out of fashion
2.	The remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil
3.	Characteristic of a fossil

Synonyms of fossil:

adj	remains
noun	dodo, fogy, fogey, oldster, old person, senior citizen, golden ager
noun	remains

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.