Hyphenation of safety

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

safe-ty

Definitions of safety:

1.	The state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions Insure the safety of the children The reciprocal of safety is risk
2.	A safe place He ran to safety
3.	A device designed to prevent injury or accidents
4.	(baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely
5.	Contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse
6.	A score in American football A player is tackled behind his own goal line

Synonyms of safety:

noun	condition, status
noun	refuge, area, country
noun	guard, safety device, device
noun	base hit, bingle, hit
noun	condom, rubber, safe, prophylactic, contraceptive, preventive, preventative, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, birth control device
noun	score

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.