Hyphenation of metonyms

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

metonyms

Definitions of metonyms:

1.	A word that denotes one thing but refers to a related thing Washington is a metonym for the United States government Plastic is a metonym for credit card

Last hyphenations of this language

Gatling dim-brooding appellation fp Larimor zilpah runcinate Grikwa cohort slopeways jejunums noisiness zonality resultative Aviculariidae Eisteddfod byre intergovernmental eliminate

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.