Hyphenation of tentacle

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

ten-ta-cle

Definitions of tentacle:

1.	Something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold Caught in the tentacles of organized crime
2.	Any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals Used for feeling or grasping or locomotion

Synonyms of tentacle:

noun	grip, grasp
noun	process, outgrowth, appendage

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.