Hyphenation of cradles

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

cra-dles

Definitions of cradles:

1.	A baby bed with sides and rockers
2.	Where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence The birthplace of civilization
3.	Birth of a person He was taught from the cradle never to cry
4.	A trough that can be rocked back and forth Used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold
5.	Hold gently and carefully He cradles the child in his arms
6.	Bring up from infancy
7.	Hold or place in or as if in a cradle He cradled the infant in his arms
8.	Cut grain with a cradle scythe
9.	Wash in a cradle Cradle gold
10.	Run with the stick

Last hyphenations of this language

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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.