Hyphenation of overhead

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

over-head

Definitions of overhead:

1.	The expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance) It does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes
2.	(computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command
3.	(computer science) the disk space required for information that is not data but is used for location and timing
4.	A transparency for use with an overhead projector
5.	(nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship
6.	A hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
7.	Located or originating from above An overhead crossing
8.	Above your head In the sky Planes were flying overhead
9.	Above the head Over the head Bring the legs together overhead

Synonyms of overhead:

adj	overhead, elevated
noun	operating expense, operating cost, budget items, expense, disbursal, disbursement
noun	command processing overhead time, command processing overhead, command overhead, processing time
noun	disk overhead, disk space, disc space
noun	viewgraph, foil, transparency
noun	ceiling
noun	smash, return

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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.