Hyphenation of windward

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

wind-ward

Definitions of windward:

1.	The direction from which the wind is coming
2.	The side of something that is toward the wind
3.	On the side exposed to the wind The windward islands
4.	Away from the wind They were sailing windward

Synonyms of windward:

adj	windward, upwind, weather
noun	direction
adv	downwind

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.