Hyphenation of hangnail

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

hang-nail

Definitions of hangnail:

1.	A loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail Tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected

Synonyms of hangnail:

noun	agnail, skin, tegument, cutis

Last hyphenations of this language

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