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slaughterhouse

How many syllables in slaughterhouse?

  3 syllables

Divide slaughterhouse into syllables:   slaugh-ter-house
Primary syllable stress:   slaugh-ter-house
Secondary syllable stress:   slaugh-ter-house
How to pronounce slaughterhouse:   slaw-ter-hous
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