Hyphenation of receptacles

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word receptacles? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

re-cep-ta-cles

Definitions of receptacles:

1.	A container that is used to put or keep things in
2.	Enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts
3.	An electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert

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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.