Hyphenation of turtle

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

tur-tle

Definitions of turtle:

1.	A sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
2.	Any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming
3.	Overturn accidentally Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!
4.	Hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation

Synonyms of turtle:

noun	chelonian, chelonian reptile
verb	capsize, turn turtle, overturn, turn over, tip over, tump over
verb	hunt, run, hunt down, track down

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.