Hyphenation of nutrient

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

nu-tri-ent

Definitions of nutrient:

1.	Any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
2.	Any substance (such as a chemical element or inorganic compound) that can be taken in by a green plant and used in organic synthesis
3.	Of or providing nourishment Good nourishing stew

Synonyms of nutrient:

adj	alimentary, alimental, nourishing, nutritious, nutritive, wholesome
noun	food, substance, matter

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.