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embankment

How many syllables in embankment?

  3 syllables

Divide embankment into syllables:   em-bank-ment
Stressed syllable in embankment:   em-bank-ment
How to pronounce embankment:   em-bangk-ment
How to say embankment:

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Synonyms for embankment


1 syllable
  • bank
  • edge
  • mound
  • dike
  • guard
  • wall
2 syllables
  • bulwark
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