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bowstring

How many syllables in bowstring?

  2 syllables

Divide bowstring into syllables:   bow-string
Primary syllable stress:   bow-string
Secondary syllable stress:   bow-string
How to pronounce bowstring:   boh-string
How to say bowstring:

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