Hyphenation of sledgehammer

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word sledgehammer? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

sledge-ham-mer

Definitions of sledgehammer:

1.	A heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
2.	Beat with a sledgehammer

Synonyms of sledgehammer:

noun	maul, sledge, hammer
verb	sledge, hammer

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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.