Hyphenation of furlough

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

fur-lough

Definitions of furlough:

1.	A temporary leave of absence from military duty
2.	Dismiss, usually for economic reasons She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized
3.	Grant a leave to The prisoner was furloughed for the weekend to visit her children

Synonyms of furlough:

noun	leave, leave of absence
verb	lay off, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
verb	permit, allow, let, countenance

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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.