Hyphenation of chimney

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

chim-ney

Definitions of chimney:

1.	A vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building
2.	A glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp

Synonyms of chimney:

noun	flue
noun	lamp chimney, flue

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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.