Hyphenation of refrigerate

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word refrigerate? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

re-frig-er-ate

Definitions of refrigerate:

1.	Preserve by chilling Many foods must be refrigerated or else they will spoil
2.	Cool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator Refrigerate this medicine

Synonyms of refrigerate:

verb	preserve, keep
verb	cool, chill, cool down

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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.