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garbage

How many syllables in garbage?

  2 syllables

Divide garbage into syllables:   gar-bage
Stressed syllable in garbage:   gar-bage
How to pronounce garbage:   gahr-bij
How to say garbage:

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Synonyms for garbage


1 syllable
  • junk
  • tripe
  • trash
  • waste
2 syllables
  • bunkum
  • debris
  • hogwash
  • hooey
  • refuse
  • twaddle
  • compost
  • gabble
  • hokum
  • nonsense
  • rubbish
3 syllables
  • baloney
4 syllables
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    What rhymes with garbage

    2 syllables
    • bargain
    • carnage
    • cartage
    • cartridge
    • herbage
    • partridge
    • portage
    • storage
    • varnished
    3 syllables
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