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bookcase

How many syllables in bookcase?

  2 syllables

Divide bookcase into syllables:   book-case
Primary syllable stress:   book-case
Secondary syllable stress:   book-case
How to pronounce bookcase:   book-keys
How to say bookcase:

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What rhymes with bookcase

1 syllable
  • lyase
  • Quilmes
  • manes
2 syllables
  • airspace
  • ambsace
  • backspace
  • biface
  • blackface
  • bootlace
  • briefcase
  • crankcase
  • debase
  • disgrace
  • dogface
  • efface
  • emplace
  • enchase
  • erase
  • firebase
  • footpace
  • foreface
  • gyrase
  • hard case
  • hydrase
  • kinase
  • lightface
  • maltase
  • milreis
  • mutase
  • null-space
  • outface
  • outrace
  • postface
  • scapegrace
  • showcase
  • slipcase
  • someplace
  • subbase
  • suitcase
  • tenace
  • ukase
  • unlace
  • wheelbase
  • whiteface
  • worst-case
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