Hyphenation of needle

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

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Definitions of needle:

1.	The leaf of a conifer
2.	A slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument
3.	A sharp pointed implement (usually steel)
4.	A stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record
5.	Goad or provoke,as by constant criticism He needled her with his sarcastic remarks
6.	Prick with a needle

Synonyms of needle:

noun	acerate leaf, simple leaf
noun	pointer
noun	implement
noun	phonograph needle, stylus
verb	goad, harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
verb	prickle, prick

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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.