Hyphenation of selvages

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word selvages? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

sel-vages

Definitions of selvages:

1.	Border consisting of an ornamental fringe at either end of an oriental carpet
2.	The edge of a fabric that is woven so that it will not ravel or fray

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.