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scalpel

How many syllables in scalpel?

  2 syllables

Divide scalpel into syllables:   scal-pel
Stressed syllable in scalpel:   scal-pel
How to pronounce scalpel:   skal-pul
How to say scalpel:

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Synonyms for scalpel


1 syllable
  • blade
    2 syllables
    • bread knife
    • dagger
    • switchblade
    • cook's knife
    • penknife
    3 syllables
    • carving knife
    • table knife
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    What rhymes with scalpel

    2 syllables
    • band shell
    • Blackwell
    • bombshell
    • cadelle
    • chandelle
    • clamshell
    • cormel
    • corral
    • cupel
    • dispel
    • dry cell
    • dumbbell
    • ear shell
    • excel
    • farewell
    • foretell
    • gazelle
    • Glaspell
    • groundswell
    • handbell
    • hard-shell
    • hotel
    • indwell
    • Jarrell
    • Kandel
    • lapel
    • marcel
    • Maxwell
    • misspell
    • motel
    • nerve cell
    • noel
    • nutshell
    • Orel
    • outsell
    • Parnell
    • pell-mell
    • pointelle
    • presell
    • quenelle
    • rappel
    • rebel
    • repel
    • retell
    • rondel
    • saurel
    • sequel
    • sleigh bell
    • soft-shell
    • speedwell
    • stairwell
    • stem cell
    • unsell
    • upwell
    • barbell
    • bluebell
    • bridewell
    • cartel
    • Chanel
    • compel
    • cornel
    • cowbell
    • diel
    • doorbell
    • dry well
    • duxelles
    • eggshell
    • expel
    • fat cell
    • fuel cell
    • germ cell
    • gromwell
    • half shell
    • hard sell
    • harebell
    • impel
    • inkwell
    • jurel
    • lampshell
    • Mandel
    • maxwell
    • micelle
    • morel
    • nacelle
    • Nobel
    • nouvelle
    • oil well
    • Orwell
    • pall-mall
    • pastel
    • pixel
    • Ponselle
    • propel
    • rakehell
    • Ravel
    • refel
    • respell
    • riel
    • Roswell
    • seashell
    • Seychelles
    • soft sell
    • solgel
    • spinel
    • star shell
    • tooth shell
    • unwell
    • wind-bell
    3 syllables
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