Hyphenation of collateral

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word collateral ? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

col-lat-er-al

Definitions of collateral :

1.
A security pledged for the repayment of a loan
2.
Descended from a common ancestor but through different lines
Cousins are collateral relatives An indirect descendant of the Stuarts
3.
Serving to support or corroborate
Collateral evidence
4.
Accompany, concomitant
Collateral target damage from a bombing run
5.
Situated or running side by side
Collateral ridges of mountains

Synonyms of collateral :

adj collateral, indirect, related
adj confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying, supportive
adj secondary
adj parallel
nounsecurity interest

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