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sarcophagus

How many syllables in sarcophagus?

  4 syllables

Divide sarcophagus into syllables:   sar-coph-a-gus
Stressed syllable in sarcophagus:   sar-coph-a-gus
How to pronounce sarcophagus:   sahr-kof-uh-gus
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Synonyms for sarcophagus


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    What rhymes with sarcophagus

    4 syllables
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