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handsaw

How many syllables in handsaw?

  2 syllables

Divide handsaw into syllables:   hand-saw
Primary syllable stress:   hand-saw
Secondary syllable stress:   hand-saw
How to pronounce handsaw:   hand-saw
How to say handsaw:

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What rhymes with handsaw

2 syllables
  • backsaw
  • bashaw
  • bedstraw
  • bow saw
  • buzz saw
  • case law
  • catclaw
  • Choctaw
  • Corn Law
  • cumshaw
  • Danelaw
  • dewclaw
  • forepaw
  • geegaw
  • grandma
  • guffaw
  • hawkshaw
  • hurrah
  • jackdaw
  • jigsaw
  • last straw
  • lockjaw
  • macaw
  • Nassau
  • outdraw
  • pasha
  • pit saw
  • poor law
  • ringtaw
  • scofflaw
  • scroll saw
  • Skiddaw
  • tack claw
  • tussah
  • Utah
  • whipsaw
  • withdraw
  • band saw
  • bear claw
  • blue law
  • bucksaw
  • bylaw
  • cat's-paw
  • chain saw
  • coleslaw
  • crenshaw
  • cushaw
  • declaw
  • Esau
  • fretsaw
  • glass jaw
  • grandpa
  • hacksaw
  • hee-haw
  • in-law
  • jackstraw
  • kickshaw
  • leash law
  • lynch law
  • Moose Jaw
  • old-squaw
  • outlaw
  • pawpaw
  • pooh-bah
  • rickshaw
  • ripsaw
  • scrimshaw
  • seesaw
  • southpaw
  • trishaw
  • undraw
  • Warsaw
  • wiredraw
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