Hyphenation of billow

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

bil-low

Definitions of billow:

1.	A large sea wave
2.	Rise up as if in waves Smoke billowed up into the sky
3.	Move with great difficulty The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed
4.	Rise and move, as in waves or billows The army surged forward
5.	Become inflated The sails ballooned

Synonyms of billow:

noun	surge, wave, moving ridge
verb	wallow, soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom
verb	travel, go, move, locomote
verb	surge, heave, inflate, blow up
verb	balloon, inflate, expand

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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.