Hyphenation of mortise

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

mor-tise

Definitions of mortise:

1.	A square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint
2.	Cut a hole for a tenon in
3.	Join by a tenon and mortise

Synonyms of mortise:

noun	mortice, hole
verb	mortice, cut
verb	mortice, join, bring together

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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.