Hyphenation of receiver

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

re-ceiv-er

Definitions of receiver:

1.	Set that receives radio or tv signals
2.	(law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties
3.	Earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds
4.	A person who receives something
5.	The tennis player who receives the serve
6.	A football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass

Synonyms of receiver:

noun	receiving system, set
noun	liquidator, fiduciary
noun	telephone receiver, earphone, earpiece, headphone, phone
noun	recipient, acquirer
noun	pass receiver, pass catcher, football player, footballer

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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.