Hyphenation of phosphorous

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word phosphorous? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

phos-pho-rous

Definitions of phosphorous:

1.	Containing or characteristic of phosphorus Phosphoric acid

Synonyms of phosphorous:

adj	phosphoric, chemical element, element

Last hyphenations of this language

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