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pounds

How many syllables in pounds?

  1 syllable

Divide pounds into syllables:   pounds
Syllable stress:   pounds
How to say pounds:

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What rhymes with pounds

1 syllable
  • bounds
  • clowns
  • downs
  • frowns
  • grounds
  • mounds
  • rounds
  • town's
  • browns
  • crowns
  • drowns
  • gowns
  • hounds
  • nouns
  • sounds
2 syllables
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