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breastbone

How many syllables in breastbone?

  2 syllables

Divide breastbone into syllables:   breast-bone
Primary syllable stress:   breast-bone
Secondary syllable stress:   breast-bone
How to pronounce breastbone:   brest-bohn
How to say breastbone:

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