Hyphenation of devour

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

de-vour

Definitions of devour:

1.	Destroy completely Fire had devoured our home
2.	Enjoy avidly She devoured his novels
3.	Eat immoderately Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal
4.	Eat greedily He devoured three sandwiches

Synonyms of devour:

verb	destroy, ruin
verb	enjoy, bask, relish, savor, savour
verb	down, consume, go through, eat
verb	guttle, raven, pig, eat

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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.