Hyphenation of iris

Are you trying to hyphenate iris? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

iris

Definitions of iris:

1.	Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
2.	Muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye It forms the colored portion of the eye
3.	Diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening

Synonyms of iris:

noun	flag, fleur-de-lis, sword lily, iridaceous plant
noun	membrane, tissue layer
noun	iris diaphragm, diaphragm, stop

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.