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shut

How many syllables in shut?

  1 syllable

Divide shut into syllables:   shut
Syllable stress:   shut
How to pronounce shut:   shuht
How to say shut:

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Synonyms for shut


1 syllable
  • close
  • lock
2 syllables
  • close up
  • lock up
  • shut up
  • fasten
  • push to
3 syllables
  • shut up shop
    4 syllables
    • close for the day
    • put down the lid
    • close the shutters
    5 syllables
    • go home for the day
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      What rhymes with shut

      1 syllable
      • but
      • cut
      • gut
      • haute
      • jut
      • mutt
      • phut
      • rut
      • scut
      • smut
      • strut
      • wha
      • butt
      • glut
      • gutt
      • hut
      • Knut
      • nut
      • putt
      • rut's
      • slut
      • soot
      • tut
      • what
      2 syllables
      • abut
      • puttan
      • somewhat
      • ut
      • mutten
      • rebut
      • uncut
      3 syllables
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