Hyphenation of pitting

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

pit-ting

Definitions of pitting:

1.	The formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
2.	Set into opposition or rivalry Let them match their best athletes against ours Pit a chess player against the Russian champion He plays his two children off against each other
3.	Mark with a scar The skin disease scarred his face permanently
4.	Remove the pits from Pit plums and cherries

Synonyms of pitting:

noun	roughness, indentation, corrosion, corroding, erosion

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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.