Hyphenation of yellow

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

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Definitions of yellow:

1.	Yellow color or pigment The chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
2.	Turn yellow The pages of the book began to yellow
3.	Of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum Of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
4.	Easily frightened
5.	Changed to a yellowish color by age Yellowed parchment
6.	Typical of tabloids Sensational journalistic reportage of the scandal Yellow press
7.	Cowardly or treacherous The little yellow stain of treason-M.W.Straight Too yellow to stand and fight
8.	Affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc

Synonyms of yellow:

adj	yellowish, xanthous, chromatic
adj	chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow-bellied, cowardly, fearful
adj	yellowed, old
adj	scandalmongering, sensationalistic, sensational
adj	dishonorable, dishonourable
adj	jaundiced, icteric, unhealthy
noun	yellowness, chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour
verb	discolor, discolour, colour, color

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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.