Hyphenation of paraffin

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

paraf-fin

Definitions of paraffin:

1.	From crude petroleum Used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings
2.	A series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2)
3.	(British usage) kerosine

Synonyms of paraffin:

noun	paraffin wax, wax
noun	methane series, alkane series, alkane, aliphatic compound
noun	paraffin oil, kerosene, kerosine, lamp oil, coal oil

Last hyphenations of this language

disharmonious parlour lametta Agostino ague rattletrap wolfers Raymondville search volcano solvent Peever slue maestri wrongdoer absoluteness manumission incessantness well-concocted

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.