Hyphenation of lifeline

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

life-line

Definitions of lifeline:

1.	A crease on the palm Its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live
2.	Support that enables people to survive or to continue doing something (often by providing an essential connection) The airlift provided a lifeline for Berlin She offered me a lifeline in my time of grief
3.	Line that raises or lowers a deep-sea diver
4.	Line thrown from a vessel that people can cling to in order to save themselves from drowning

Synonyms of lifeline:

noun	line of life, life line, wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line
noun	support, connection, link, connectedness
noun	line
noun	line

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.