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straws

How many syllables in straws?

  1 syllable

Divide straws into syllables:   straws
Syllable stress:   straws
How to say straws:

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What rhymes with straws

1 syllable
  • cause
  • clause
  • claws
  • daws
  • flaws
  • gauze
  • haws
  • law's
  • pause
  • saws
  • was
  • claus
  • clause's
  • Dawes
  • draws
  • gaus
  • gnaws
  • jaws
  • laws
  • paws
  • thaws
2 syllables
  • applause
  • clausal
  • guffaws
  • macaws
  • withdraws
  • because
  • clawsick
  • guffer
  • withdraw
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