Hyphenation of stocking

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

stock-ing

Definitions of stocking:

1.	Close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg Come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural)
2.	The activity of supplying a stock of something He supervised the stocking of the stream with trout

Synonyms of stocking:

adj	stockinged, unshod, unshoed
noun	hosiery, hose
noun	provision, supply, supplying

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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.