Hyphenation of oyster

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

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Definitions of oyster:

1.	Marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell Found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters
2.	Edible body of any of numerous oysters
3.	A small muscle on each side of the back of a fowl
4.	Gather oysters, dig oysters

Synonyms of oyster:

noun	bivalve, pelecypod, lamellibranch
noun	huitre, shellfish
noun	helping, portion, serving
verb	gather, garner, collect, pull together

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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.