Hyphenation of rosewood

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

rose-wood

Definitions of rosewood:

1.	Hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly marked grain Used in cabinetwork
2.	Any of those hardwood trees of the genus Dalbergia that yield rosewood--valuable cabinet woods of a dark red or purplish color streaked and variegated with black

Synonyms of rosewood:

noun	wood
noun	rosewood tree, tree

Last hyphenations of this language

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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.