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shell

How many syllables in shell?

  1 syllable

Divide shell into syllables:   shell
Syllable stress:   shell
How to pronounce shell:   shel
How to say shell:

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Synonyms for shell


1 syllable
  • bomb
  • crust
  • husk
  • pod
  • shield
  • case
  • hulk
  • peel
  • scab
  • skin
2 syllables
  • armor
  • breastplate
  • capsule
  • casing
  • cocoon
  • defense
  • missile
  • remains
  • shipwreck
  • shoot down
  • bombard
  • buckshot
  • carcass
  • coating
  • cover
  • fire at
  • mortar
  • sheathing
  • shoot at
  • surface
3 syllables
4 syllables
  • open fire on
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    What rhymes with shell

    1 syllable
    • bel
    • belle
    • cell
    • Dell
    • dwell
    • ell
    • fell
    • gell
    • hell
    • kal
    • kjell
    • L
    • mel
    • Noelle
    • quell
    • sell
    • smell
    • Snell
    • stell
    • tel
    • well
    • yelled
    • bell
    • cel
    • del
    • dell
    • el
    • Elle
    • gel
    • Hel
    • jell
    • kell
    • knell
    • l
    • mell
    • pell
    • schnell
    • selle
    • snell
    • spell
    • swell
    • tell
    • yell
    • zel
    2 syllables
    • accel
    • Ansel
    • bedel
    • bendel
    • boutell
    • Brownell
    • carmel
    • carvel
    • Chanel
    • Cordell
    • Cornell
    • Danielle
    • dispel
    • estelle
    • expel
    • ferrel
    • foretell
    • gazelle
    • hormel
    • impel
    • Janelle
    • mantell
    • Marvell
    • Michel
    • Miguel
    • morel
    • motel
    • Nobel
    • nouvelle
    • novell
    • outsell
    • patel
    • Purcell
    • ravel
    • repel
    • retell
    • rozelle
    • schnittlaugh
    • twaddell
    • unsell
    • varveled
    • adele
    • arvel
    • befell
    • bendell
    • bracknell
    • Cabell
    • cartel
    • Cavell
    • compel
    • corel
    • daniele
    • Darnell
    • dispell
    • excel
    • farewell
    • fidel
    • gabel
    • Giselle
    • hotel
    • intel
    • lapel
    • Marcel
    • Maybelle
    • Michelle
    • misspell
    • Moselle
    • nevel
    • Noel
    • nouvelles
    • odell
    • pastel
    • propel
    • Raquel
    • rebel
    • resell
    • Rochelle
    • ruelle
    • sell-by
    • tyrrell
    • varvel
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
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