Hyphenation of pestle

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

pes-tle

Definitions of pestle:

1.	Machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
2.	A heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone
3.	A club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
4.	Grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar Pestle the garlic

Synonyms of pestle:

noun	stamp, machine
noun	muller, pounder, tool
noun	hand tool
verb	grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute

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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.