Hyphenation of muscle

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

mus-cle

Definitions of muscle:

1.	One of the contractile organs of the body
2.	Animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells
3.	A bully employed as a thug or bodyguard The drug lord had his muscleman to protect him
4.	Authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way) The senators used their muscle to get the party leader to resign
5.	Possessing muscular strength
6.	Make one's way by force He muscled his way into the office

Synonyms of muscle:

noun	musculus, contractile organ, contractor
noun	muscular tissue, animal tissue
noun	muscleman, bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo
noun	authority, authorization, authorisation, dominance, say-so
noun	brawn, sinew, strength
verb	pass, go through, go across

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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.