Hyphenation of foster

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

fos-ter

Definitions of foster:

1.	United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864)
2.	Promote the growth of Foster our children's well-being and education
3.	Bring up under fosterage Of children
4.	Help develop, help grow Nurture his talents
5.	Providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties Foster parent Foster child Foster home Surrogate father

Synonyms of foster:

adj	surrogate, adoptive
noun	Foster, Stephen Foster, Stephen Collins Foster, songwriter, songster, ballad maker
verb	further, promote, advance, boost, further, encourage
verb	rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parent
verb	nurture, encourage

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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.