Hyphenation of gibbous

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

gib-bous

Definitions of gibbous:

1.	Characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column
2.	(used of the moon) more than half full

Synonyms of gibbous:

adj	crookback, crookbacked, humped, humpbacked, hunchback, hunchbacked, kyphotic, unfit
adj	gibbose, convex, bulging

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.