Hyphenation of belly

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

bel-ly

Definitions of belly:

1.	The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
2.	A protruding abdomen
3.	A part that bulges deeply The belly of a sail
4.	The hollow inside of something In the belly of the ship
5.	The underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish
6.	Swell out or bulge out

Synonyms of belly:

noun	abdomen, venter, stomach, body part
noun	paunch, adipose tissue, fat, fatty tissue
noun	bulge, bump, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence
noun	inside, interior
noun	underpart
verb	belly out, swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce

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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.