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carbuncle

How many syllables in carbuncle?

  3 syllables

Divide carbuncle into syllables:   car-bun-cle
Stressed syllable in carbuncle:   car-bun-cle
How to pronounce carbuncle:   kahr-buhng-kal
How to say carbuncle:

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Synonyms for carbuncle


1 syllable
  • boil
  • sore
  • cyst
  • spot
2 syllables
  • abscess
  • eyesore
  • blemish
  • pustule
3 syllables
    4 syllables
      5 syllables
      • blot on the landscape
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        What rhymes with carbuncle

        3 syllables
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