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tombstone

How many syllables in tombstone?

  2 syllables

Divide tombstone into syllables:   tomb-stone
Primary syllable stress:   tomb-stone
Secondary syllable stress:   tomb-stone
How to pronounce tombstone:   toom-stohn
How to say tombstone:

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