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steamboat

How many syllables in steamboat?

  2 syllables

Divide steamboat into syllables:   steam-boat
Primary syllable stress:   steam-boat
Secondary syllable stress:   steam-boat
How to pronounce steamboat:   steem-boht
How to say steamboat:

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