Hyphenation of porter

Are you trying to hyphenate porter? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

porter

Definitions of porter:

1.	A person employed to carry luggage and supplies
2.	Someone who guards an entrance
3.	United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980)
4.	United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946)
5.	United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910)
6.	A railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)
7.	A very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley
8.	Carry luggage or supplies They portered the food up Mount Kilimanjaro for the tourists

Synonyms of porter:

noun	laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jack
noun	doorkeeper, doorman, door guard, hall porter, gatekeeper, ostiary, guard
noun	Porter, Katherine Anne Porter, writer, author
noun	Porter, Cole Porter, Cole Albert Porter, composer
noun	Porter, William Sydney Porter, O. Henry, writer, author
noun	Pullman porter, employee
noun	porter's beer, ale
verb	transport, carry

Last hyphenations of this language

unapparent uncoded epilogue zikurats eggfruit echinoid portion emblematize tomtit toque tocopherol walewort posey Steele celebrated centavo unrevocably punctiliousness un-English

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.