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tablespoon

How many syllables in tablespoon?

  3 syllables

Divide tablespoon into syllables:   ta-ble-spoon
Primary syllable stress:   ta-ble-spoon
Secondary syllable stress:   ta-ble-spoon
How to pronounce tablespoon:   tey-bul-spoon
How to say tablespoon:

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