Hyphenation of odorous

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

odor-ous

Definitions of odorous:

1.	Having odor or a characteristic odor Odorous jasmine flowers Odorous garbage Fresh odorous bread
2.	Emitting an odor Odorous salt pork and weevily hardtack
3.	Having a natural fragrance Odoriferous spices The odorous air of the orchard The perfumed air of June Scented flowers

Synonyms of odorous:

adj	odorous, alliaceous, odoriferous, redolent, smelling, scented
adj	odoriferous, malodorous, malodourous
adj	odoriferous, perfumed, scented, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, fragrant

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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.