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breastwork

How many syllables in breastwork?

  2 syllables

Divide breastwork into syllables:   breast-work
Primary syllable stress:   breast-work
Secondary syllable stress:   breast-work
How to pronounce breastwork:   brest-wurk
How to say breastwork:

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