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driftwood

How many syllables in driftwood?

  2 syllables

Divide driftwood into syllables:   drift-wood
Primary syllable stress:   drift-wood
Secondary syllable stress:   drift-wood
How to pronounce driftwood:   drift-wood
How to say driftwood:

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Synonyms for driftwood


2 syllables
  • debris
  • jetsam
  • wreckage
  • flotsam
  • refuse
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What rhymes with driftwood

2 syllables
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