Hyphenation of travail

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

tra-vail

Definitions of travail:

1.	Concluding state of pregnancy From the onset of contractions to the birth of a child She was in labor for six hours
2.	Use of physical or mental energy Hard work He got an A for effort They managed only with great exertion
3.	Work hard She was digging away at her math homework Lexicographers drudge all day long

Synonyms of travail:

noun	parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, childbed, parturition, birth, giving birth, birthing
noun	effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat, labor, labour, toil
verb	labor, labour, toil, fag, grind, drudge, dig, moil, work, do work

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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