Hyphenation of slavery

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

slav-ery

Definitions of slavery:

1.	The state of being under the control of another person
2.	The practice of owning slaves
3.	Work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay

Synonyms of slavery:

noun	bondage, thrall, thralldom, thraldom, subjugation, subjection
noun	slaveholding, practice, pattern
noun	labor, labour, toil

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.