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wastebasket

How many syllables in wastebasket?

  3 syllables

Divide wastebasket into syllables:   waste-bas-ket
Primary syllable stress:   waste-bas-ket
Secondary syllable stress:   waste-bas-ket
How to say wastebasket:

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Synonyms for wastebasket


1 syllable
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      What rhymes with wastebasket

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