Hyphenation of watchdog

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

watch-dog

Definitions of watchdog:

1.	A guardian or defender against theft or illegal practices or waste She is the global watchdog for human rights abuses
2.	A dog trained to guard property

Synonyms of watchdog:

noun	defender, guardian, protector, shielder
noun	guard dog, working dog

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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.