Hyphenation of groundwork

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

ground-work

Definitions of groundwork:

1.	The fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained The whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture
2.	Lowest support of a structure It was built on a base of solid rock He stood at the foot of the tower
3.	Preliminary preparation as a basis or foundation We are prepared today because of groundwork that was done ten years ago

Synonyms of groundwork:

noun	basis, base, foundation, fundament, cornerstone, assumption, supposition, supposal
noun	foundation, base, fundament, foot, substructure, understructure, support
noun	preparation, readying

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