Hyphenation of holder

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

hold-er

Definitions of holder:

1.	A holding device A towel holder A cigarette holder An umbrella holder
2.	A person who holds something They held two hostages He holds the trophy She holds a United States passport
3.	The person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it The bond was marked `payable to bearer'

Synonyms of holder:

noun	holding device
noun	bearer, capitalist

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.