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excavator

How many syllables in excavator?

  4 syllables

Divide excavator into syllables:   ex-ca-va-tor
Primary syllable stress:   ex-ca-va-tor
Secondary syllable stress:   ex-ca-va-tor
How to pronounce excavator:   eks-kuh-vey-ter
How to say excavator:

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