Hyphenation of mothball

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

moth-ball

Definitions of mothball:

1.	A small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing
2.	Put into long-term storage

Synonyms of mothball:

noun	camphor ball, ball, globe, orb
verb	store

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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.