bookshelf

How many syllables in bookshelf?

  2 syllables

Divide bookshelf into syllables:   book-shelf
Primary syllable stress:   book-shelf
Secondary syllable stress:   book-shelf
How to pronounce bookshelf:   book-shelf
How to say bookshelf:

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