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lifeboat

How many syllables in lifeboat?

  2 syllables

Divide lifeboat into syllables:   life-boat
Primary syllable stress:   life-boat
Secondary syllable stress:   life-boat
How to pronounce lifeboat:   lahyf-boht
How to say lifeboat:

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