Hyphenation of surround

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

sur-round

Definitions of surround:

1.	The area in which something exists or lives The country--the flat agricultural surround
2.	Extend on all sides of simultaneously Encircle The forest surrounds my property
3.	Envelop completely Smother the meat in gravy
4.	Surround so as to force to give up The Turks besieged Vienna
5.	Surround with a wall in order to fortify

Synonyms of surround:

noun	environment, environs, surroundings, geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
verb	environ, encircle, circle, round, ring, hold, bear, carry, contain
verb	skirt, border, touch, adjoin, meet, contact
verb	smother, cover
verb	besiege, beleaguer, hem in, circumvent, attack, assail
verb	wall, palisade, fence, fence in, protect

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.