Hyphenation of onshore

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

on-shore

Definitions of onshore:

1.	(of winds) coming from the sea toward the land An inshore breeze An onshore gale Sheltered from seaward winds
2.	On the edge of the land An onshore lighthouse
3.	On or toward the land They were living onshore

Synonyms of onshore:

adj	inshore, seaward
adj	land

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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.