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clamshell

How many syllables in clamshell?

  2 syllables

Divide clamshell into syllables:   clam-shell
How to pronounce clamshell:   klam-shel
How to say clamshell:

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What rhymes with clamshell

2 syllables
  • band shell
  • Blackwell
  • bombshell
  • cadelle
  • chandelle
  • compel
  • cornel
  • cowbell
  • diel
  • doorbell
  • dry well
  • duxelles
  • eggshell
  • expel
  • fat cell
  • fuel cell
  • germ cell
  • gromwell
  • half shell
  • hard sell
  • harebell
  • impel
  • inkwell
  • jurel
  • lampshell
  • Mandel
  • Maxwell
  • micelle
  • morel
  • nacelle
  • Nobel
  • nouvelle
  • oil well
  • Orwell
  • pall-mall
  • pastel
  • pixel
  • Ponselle
  • propel
  • rakehell
  • Ravel
  • refel
  • respell
  • riel
  • Roswell
  • scalpel
  • sequel
  • sleigh bell
  • soft-shell
  • speedwell
  • stairwell
  • stem cell
  • unsell
  • upwell
  • barbell
  • bluebell
  • bridewell
  • cartel
  • Chanel
  • cormel
  • corral
  • cupel
  • dispel
  • dry cell
  • dumbbell
  • ear shell
  • excel
  • farewell
  • foretell
  • gazelle
  • Glaspell
  • groundswell
  • handbell
  • hard-shell
  • hotel
  • indwell
  • Jarrell
  • Kandel
  • lapel
  • marcel
  • maxwell
  • misspell
  • motel
  • nerve cell
  • noel
  • nutshell
  • Orel
  • outsell
  • Parnell
  • pell-mell
  • pointelle
  • presell
  • quenelle
  • rappel
  • rebel
  • repel
  • retell
  • rondel
  • saurel
  • seashell
  • Seychelles
  • soft sell
  • solgel
  • spinel
  • star shell
  • tooth shell
  • unwell
  • wind-bell
3 syllables
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