Hyphenation of splinter

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

splin-ter

Definitions of splinter:

1.	A small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal He got a splinter in his finger It broke into slivers
2.	Withdraw from an organization or communion After the break up of the Soviet Union
3.	Many republics broke away
4.	Divide into slivers or splinters
5.	Break up into splinters or slivers The wood splintered

Synonyms of splinter:

noun	sliver, flinders, bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap
verb	secede, break away, separate, part, split up, split, break, break up
verb	sliver, divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up
verb	sliver, break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise

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.