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yardstick

How many syllables in yardstick?

  2 syllables

Divide yardstick into syllables:   yard-stick
Primary syllable stress:   yard-stick
Secondary syllable stress:   yard-stick
How to pronounce yardstick:   yahrd-stik
How to say yardstick:

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