Hyphenation of leavening

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

leav-en-ing

Definitions of leavening:

1.	An influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something His sermons benefited from a leavening of humor
2.	A substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid

Synonyms of leavening:

noun	leaven, imponderable
noun	leaven, substance, matter

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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.