Hyphenation of holdfast

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

hold-fast

Definitions of holdfast:

1.	Restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place

Synonyms of holdfast:

noun	fastener, fastening, fixing, restraint, constraint

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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.