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gunboat

How many syllables in gunboat?

  2 syllables

Divide gunboat into syllables:   gun-boat
Primary syllable stress:   gun-boat
Secondary syllable stress:   gun-boat
How to pronounce gunboat:   gun-boht
How to say gunboat:

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