Hyphenation of carbuncle

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

car-bun-cle

Definitions of carbuncle:

1.	Deep-red cabochon garnet cut without facets
2.	An infection larger than a boil and with several openings for discharge of pus

Synonyms of carbuncle:

noun	garnet
noun	staphylococcal infection

Last hyphenations of this language

esr counter-reformation Cinura macrocephalia polyblast telepathically permitting augustinian nymphette Bilin y-blend supp. auer hawserwise Glori aggregation suspicious cowerer teamster

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.