Hyphenation of overlapping

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word overlapping? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

over-lap-ping

Definitions of overlapping:

1.	Covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)
2.	Coincide partially or wholly Our vacations overlap
3.	Extend over and cover a part of The roofs of the houses overlap in this crowded city

Synonyms of overlapping:

adj	related, related to
adj	lap-jointed, lap-strake, lap-straked, lap-streak, lap-streaked, clinker-built, clincher-built
noun	imbrication, lapping, covering

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.