Hyphenation of pillory

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

pil-lo-ry

Definitions of pillory:

1.	A wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck Offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn
2.	Expose to ridicule or public scorn
3.	Punish by putting in a pillory
4.	Criticize harshly or violently The press savaged the new President The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage

Synonyms of pillory:

noun	stocks, instrument of punishment
verb	gibbet, expose, exhibit, display
verb	punish, penalize, penalise
verb	savage, crucify, knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart

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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.