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mortar

How many syllables in mortar?

  2 syllables

Divide mortar into syllables:   mor-tar
Stressed syllable in mortar:   mor-tar
How to pronounce mortar:   mawr-ter
How to say mortar:

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Synonyms for mortar


1 syllable
  • gun
  • shell
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2 syllables
  • big gun
  • field gun
  • cannon
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What rhymes with mortar

2 syllables
  • courter
  • puerto
  • quarter
  • snorter
  • thwarter
  • porter
  • puet
  • shorter
  • sorter
3 syllables
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