Hyphenation of mortises

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word mortises? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

mor-tis-es

Definitions of mortises:

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

Last hyphenations of this language

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