Hyphenation of lateral

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word lateral? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

lat-er-al

Definitions of lateral:

1.	A pass to a receiver upfield from the passer
2.	Situated at or extending to the side The lateral branches of a tree Shot out sidelong boughs- Tennyson
3.	Lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body Lateral lemniscus

Synonyms of lateral:

adj	sidelong, side
adj	distal
noun	lateral pass, pass, passing play, passing game, passing

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.