Hyphenation of gerbil

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

ger-bil

Definitions of gerbil:

1.	Small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping

Synonyms of gerbil:

noun	gerbille, rodent, gnawer, gnawing animal

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.