Hyphenation of handful

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

hand-ful

Definitions of handful:

1.	A small number or amount Only a handful of responses were received
2.	The quantity that can be held in the hand

Synonyms of handful:

noun	smattering, small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
noun	fistful, containerful

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.