Hyphenation of selvage

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

sel-vage

Definitions of selvage:

1.	Border consisting of an ornamental fringe at either end of an oriental carpet
2.	The edge of a fabric that is woven so that it will not ravel or fray

Synonyms of selvage:

noun	selvedge, border
noun	selvedge, edge, margin

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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