Hyphenation of toehold

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

toe-hold

Definitions of toehold:

1.	A relatively insignificant position from which future progress might be made American diplomacy provided a toehold on which to proceed toward peace talks His father gave him a toehold in the oil business
2.	A small foothold used in climbing
3.	A wrestling hold in which the toe is held and the leg is twisted against the joints

Synonyms of toehold:

noun	status, position
noun	foothold, footing
noun	wrestling hold

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.