Hyphenation of filament

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

fil-a-ment

Definitions of filament:

1.	A very slender natural or synthetic fiber
2.	The stalk of a stamen
3.	A threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)
4.	A thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current

Synonyms of filament:

noun	fibril, strand, fiber, fibre
noun	stalk, stem
noun	filum, structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
noun	wire, conducting wire

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Hyphenator

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