Hyphenation of mortise

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

mor-tise

Definitions of mortise:

1.	A square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint
2.	Cut a hole for a tenon in
3.	Join by a tenon and mortise

Synonyms of mortise:

noun	mortice, hole
verb	mortice, cut
verb	mortice, join, bring together

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Hyphenator

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