Hyphenation of leaven

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

leav-en

Definitions of leaven:

1.	A substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
2.	An influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something His sermons benefited from a leavening of humor
3.	Cause to puff up with a leaven Unleavened bread

Synonyms of leaven:

noun	leavening, substance, matter
noun	leavening, imponderable
verb	raise, prove, raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up

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.