Hyphenation of offshore

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

off-shore

Definitions of offshore:

1.	(of winds) coming from the land Offshore winds
2.	At some distance from the shore Offshore oil reserves An offshore island
3.	Away from shore Away from land Cruising three miles offshore

Synonyms of offshore:

adj	offshore
adj	sea

Last hyphenations of this language

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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.