Hyphenation of gemstone

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

gem-stone

Definitions of gemstone:

1.	A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry He had the gem set in a ring for his wife She had jewels made of all the rarest stones

Synonyms of gemstone:

noun	gem, stone, crystal

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.