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bough

How many syllables in bough?

  1 syllable

Divide bough into syllables:   bough
Syllable stress:   bough
How to pronounce bough:   bou
How to say bough:

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Synonyms for bough


1 syllable
  • branch
  • limb
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What rhymes with bough

1 syllable
  • bow
  • brow
  • chow
  • cow
  • dhow
  • Frau
  • hau
  • how'll
  • jow
  • lao
  • mao
  • mow
  • ow
  • plow
  • prow
  • sao
  • scow
  • sough
  • Tao
  • thou
  • vow
  • Yao
  • brough
  • chao
  • ciao
  • dao
  • dow
  • hao
  • how
  • howe
  • Lao
  • lough
  • mau
  • now
  • plough
  • Pow
  • row
  • saone
  • shough
  • sow
  • tau
  • thoued
  • wow
  • yow
2 syllables
  • allow
  • Bilbao
  • endow
  • kowtow
  • Macao
  • maoi
  • avow
  • bilbao
  • howel
  • Liao
  • macau
  • meow
3 syllables
  • disavow
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