Hyphenation of shellac

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

shel-lac

Definitions of shellac:

1.	Lac purified by heating and filtering Usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white
2.	A thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol Used to finish wood
3.	Cover with shellac She wanted to shellac the desk to protect it from water spots

Synonyms of shellac:

noun	lac
noun	shellac varnish, varnish
verb	varnish, seal

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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.