Hyphenation of homestead

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

home-stead

Definitions of homestead:

1.	The home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family
2.	Land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law
3.	Dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land
4.	Settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead

Synonyms of homestead:

noun	land
noun	estate, land, landed estate, acres, demesne
noun	dwelling, home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house
verb	settle

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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.