Hyphenation of widow

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

wid-ow

Definitions of widow:

1.	A woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
2.	Cause to be without a spouse The war widowed many women in the former Yugoslavia

Synonyms of widow:

noun	widow woman, woman, adult female
verb	leave, leave behind

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.