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metaphor

How many syllables in metaphor?

  3 syllables

Divide metaphor into syllables:   met-a-phor
Stressed syllable in metaphor:   met-a-phor
How to say metaphor:

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Synonyms for metaphor


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    What rhymes with metaphor

    2 syllables
      3 syllables
      4 syllables
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