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shovelful

How many syllables in shovelful?

  3 syllables

Divide shovelful into syllables:   shov-el-ful
Stressed syllable in shovelful:   shov-el-ful
How to pronounce shovelful:   shuh-vul-full
How to say shovelful:

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