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east

How many syllables in east?

  1 syllable

Divide east into syllables:   east
Syllable stress:   east
How to pronounce east:   eest
How to say east:

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What rhymes with east

1 syllable
  • beast
  • feast
  • greased
  • least
  • piste
  • reest
  • triste
  • ceased
  • fleeced
  • leased
  • pieced
  • priest
  • se
  • yeast
2 syllables
  • deceased
  • increased
  • northeast
  • released
  • yeas
  • decreased
  • NE
  • policed
  • southeast
3 syllables
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