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quarterstaff

How many syllables in quarterstaff?

  3 syllables

Divide quarterstaff into syllables:   quar-ter-staff
Primary syllable stress:   quar-ter-staff
Secondary syllable stress:   quar-ter-staff
How to say quarterstaff:

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