Hyphenation of mastication

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word mastication? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

mas-ti-ca-tion

Definitions of mastication:

1.	Biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow

Synonyms of mastication:

noun	chew, chewing, manduction, change of state

Last hyphenations of this language

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