Hyphenation of mates

Are you trying to hyphenate mates? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

mates

Definitions of mates:

1.	A pair of people who live together A married couple from Chicago
2.	Engage in sexual intercourse Birds mate in the Spring
3.	Bring two objects, ideas, or people together This fact is coupled to the other one Matchmaker
4.	Can you match my daughter with a nice young man? The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project
5.	Place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves

Synonyms of mates:

noun	couple, match, family, family unit
noun	mate, first mate, officer, ship's officer
noun	teammate, mate, associate
noun	mate, animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
noun	spouse, partner, married person, mate, better half, relative, relation, domestic partner, significant other, spousal equivalent, spouse equivalent
noun	match, mate, duplicate, duplication
noun	mate, Paraguay tea, Ilex paraguariensis, holly
noun	mate, friend
noun	mate, beverage, drink, drinkable, potable
noun	checkmate, mate, chess move

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.