Hyphenation of whalebone

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

whale-bone

Definitions of whalebone:

1.	A horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales Used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets

Synonyms of whalebone:

noun	baleen, horn

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.