Hyphenation of pawn

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

pawn

Definitions of pawn:

1.	An article deposited as security
2.	A person used by another to gain an end
3.	(chess) the least powerful piece Moves only forward and captures only to the side It can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank
4.	Borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan
5.	Leave as a guarantee in return for money Pawn your grandfather's gold watch

Synonyms of pawn:

noun	pledge
noun	instrument, cat's-paw, assistant, helper, help, supporter
noun	chessman, chess piece
noun	borrowing
verb	soak, hock, consign, charge

Last hyphenations of this language

deactivate puckery contoured Rudistae dowden government syngenite woolly-pated apparitional beora clingers farmstead unexpanding marquesan foretriangle forecaddie simulcasting apparentness waterbush

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.