Hyphenation of winnows

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

win-nows

Definitions of winnows:

1.	The act of separating grain from chaff The winnowing was done by women
2.	Separate the chaff from by using air currents She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field
3.	Blow on The wind was winnowing her hair The wind winnowed the grass
4.	Select desirable parts from a group or list Cull out the interesting letters from the poet's correspondence Winnow the finalists from the long list of applicants
5.	Blow away or off with a current of air Winnow chaff

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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.