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curfew

How many syllables in curfew?

  2 syllables

Divide curfew into syllables:   cur-few
Stressed syllable in curfew:   cur-few
How to pronounce curfew:   kur-fyoo
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Define curfew



noun
  1. A time during which certain, special rules go into effect
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Synonyms for curfew


2 syllables
  • bed time
  • clampdown
  • veto
  • blackout
  • sleep time
3 syllables
  • embargo

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    What rhymes with curfew

    1 syllable
    • CQ
    • prau
    2 syllables
    • accrue
    • adieu
    • Agnew
    • airscrew
    • askew
    • Baku
    • battu
    • bayou
    • beshrew
    • bijou
    • boubou
    • breakthrough
    • cachou
    • canoe
    • Carew
    • Chonju
    • Corfu
    • coypu
    • debut
    • doo-doo
    • endue
    • eschew
    • fondue
    • Gansu
    • Gifu
    • GQ
    • gumshoe
    • hairdo
    • Hindu
    • Honshu
    • how-to
    • Hutu
    • imbrue
    • iq
    • jackscrew
    • Kansu
    • karoo
    • Khufu
    • Kwangju
    • lean-to
    • Matthew
    • mildew
    • miscue
    • muumuu
    • old-shoe
    • outdo
    • Peru
    • preview
    • purview
    • redo
    • Renfrew
    • revue
    • run-through
    • Sardou
    • set-to
    • shampoo
    • skiddoo
    • snowshoe
    • span-new
    • surtout
    • Taegu
    • thank-you
    • thumbscrew
    • too-too
    • undo
    • unglue
    • untrue
    • vendue
    • vertu
    • voodoo
    • walk-through
    • whereto
    • worldview
    • achoo
    • ado
    • aircrew
    • anew
    • babu
    • bamboo
    • battue
    • bedew
    • bestrew
    • boo-boo
    • brand-new
    • burgoo
    • can-do
    • caoutchouc
    • Cebu
    • construe
    • corkscrew
    • cuckoo
    • Depew
    • ecu
    • ensue
    • floor-through
    • fordo
    • Gentoo
    • goo-goo
    • ground crew
    • guru
    • hereto
    • home brew
    • horseshoe
    • HQ
    • igloo
    • imbue
    • IQ
    • K2
    • Karoo
    • kazoo
    • kung fu
    • leadscrew
    • make-do
    • me-too
    • milieu
    • misdo
    • non-U
    • one-two
    • perdu
    • poilu
    • pursue
    • ragout
    • renew
    • review
    • rough-hew
    • sandshoe
    • see-through
    • setscrew
    • sinew
    • snafu
    • soft-shoe
    • subdue
    • taboo
    • tattoo
    • thereto
    • to-do
    • tree shrew
    • undue
    • unscrew
    • vatu
    • venue
    • virtu
    • wahoo
    • wherethrough
    • who's who
    • yahoo
    3 syllables
    • on view
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