Hyphenation of patrol

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

pa-trol

Definitions of patrol:

1.	A detachment used for security or reconnaissance
2.	The activity of going around or through an area at regular intervals for security purposes
3.	A group that goes through a region at regular intervals for the purpose of security
4.	Maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol

Synonyms of patrol:

noun	detachment
noun	protection
noun	force, personnel
verb	police, guard

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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.