Hyphenation of vitreous

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

vit-re-ous

Definitions of vitreous:

1.	Of or relating to or constituting the vitreous humor of the eye The vitreous chamber
2.	Relating to or resembling or derived from or containing glass Vitreous rocks Vitreous silica
3.	(of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it Glazed pottery Glassy porcelain Hard vitreous china used for plumbing fixtures

Synonyms of vitreous:

adj	liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour
adj	solid
adj	glassy, vitrified, glazed, shiny

Last hyphenations of this language

pacer tickle-toby coxa confutative preformulate LLC undecorative guastalline polygonal swedenborgian enlodge ericaceous magniloquence impling trisomy LIMITING aethers detainal cowl

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.