Hyphenation of waterspout

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word waterspout? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

wa-ter-spout

Definitions of waterspout:

1.	A tornado passing over water and picking up a column of water and mist
2.	A heavy rain
3.	A channel through which water is discharged (especially one used for drainage from the gutters of a roof)

Synonyms of waterspout:

noun	tornado, twister
noun	downpour, cloudburst, deluge, torrent, pelter, soaker, rain, rainfall
noun	conduit

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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.