Hyphenation of abacus

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

aba-cus

Definitions of abacus:

1.	A tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave
2.	A calculator that performs arithmetic functions by manually sliding counters on rods or in grooves

Synonyms of abacus:

noun	tablet
noun	calculator, calculating machine

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.