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crossbow

How many syllables in crossbow?

  2 syllables

Divide crossbow into syllables:   cross-bow
Primary syllable stress:   cross-bow
Secondary syllable stress:   cross-bow
How to say crossbow:

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What rhymes with crossbow

2 syllables
  • a throw
  • ago
  • airflow
  • alow
  • archfoe
  • backflow
  • bandeau
  • bateau
  • bestow
  • bon mot
  • by-blow
  • callow
  • Carlow
  • chapeau
  • cockcrow
  • corn snow
  • Cousteau
  • Day-Glo
  • de trop
  • deco
  • down-bow
  • elbow
  • flambeau
  • flyblow
  • forego
  • forgo
  • free throw
  • Fuzhou
  • game show
  • gigot
  • go-slow
  • Guangzhou
  • guyot
  • hallo
  • Hankow
  • heave-ho
  • heigh-ho
  • hollo
  • Hounslow
  • ice floe
  • in tow
  • Io
  • jambeau
  • jim crow
  • Joe Blow
  • Juneau
  • KO
  • lie low
  • longbow
  • Luchow
  • mahoe
  • mallow
  • Marlowe
  • marrow
  • Meursault
  • Miró
  • Moho
  • morceau
  • Moscow
  • mudflow
  • nightglow
  • no-show
  • oboe
  • outgo
  • oxbow
  • Pernod
  • plateau
  • Quanzhou
  • rainbow
  • red snow
  • regrow
  • reseau
  • rondeau
  • roscoe
  • rouleau
  • Saint-Lô
  • scarecrow
  • serow
  • Shantou
  • ski tow
  • so-so
  • sound bow
  • stone's throw
  • Suzhou
  • Taizhou
  • Thoreau
  • tone row
  • trade show
  • Trudeau
  • unsew
  • upthrow
  • wallow
  • Wicklow
  • willow
  • windthrow
  • Winslow
  • Xuzhou
  • yarrow
  • Zhengzhou
  • aglow
  • air show
  • airglow
  • although
  • argot
  • backhoe
  • barlow
  • below
  • big toe
  • bravo
  • cachepot
  • caló
  • cash flow
  • Chi-Rho
  • Cocteau
  • cornrow
  • Darrow
  • dayglow
  • deathblow
  • Defoe
  • dumb show
  • escrow
  • floor show
  • fogbow
  • foreknow
  • freak show
  • Freneau
  • galop
  • genro
  • Glencoe
  • Gounod
  • gung ho
  • Hadow
  • Hangzhou
  • Harrow
  • hedgerow
  • hello
  • horse show
  • hullo
  • ice show
  • inflow
  • jabot
  • Jane Doe
  • Jinzhou
  • John Doe
  • kayo
  • Lanzhou
  • light show
  • low blow
  • macho
  • maillot
  • manteau
  • Marot
  • merlot
  • minnow
  • misknow
  • mojo
  • morrow
  • mucro
  • Murrow
  • no-no
  • nouveau
  • outflow
  • outgrow
  • peep show
  • picot
  • pronto
  • quiz show
  • Rameau
  • reflow
  • repo
  • road show
  • rondo
  • Roseau
  • sabot
  • salchow
  • self-sow
  • shadblow
  • sideshow
  • skid row
  • Soho
  • sourdough
  • sunbow
  • tableau
  • talk show
  • tiptoe
  • tonneau
  • trousseau
  • uh-oh
  • up-bow
  • van Gogh
  • Wenzhou
  • widow
  • windrow
  • winnow
  • Wuzhou
  • Yalow
  • Zhangzhou
  • Zibo
3 syllables
  • Baotou
  • espresso
  • Jiaozhou
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