Hyphenation of ballista

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

bal-lista

Definitions of ballista:

1.	An engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges A heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles

Synonyms of ballista:

noun	catapult, arbalest, arbalist, bricole, mangonel, onager, trebuchet, trebucket, artillery, heavy weapon, gun, ordnance

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.