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waterfall

How many syllables in waterfall?

  3 syllables

Divide waterfall into syllables:   wa-ter-fall
Primary syllable stress:   wa-ter-fall
Secondary syllable stress:   wa-ter-fall
How to say waterfall:

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Synonyms for waterfall


1 syllable
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2 syllables
  • cascade
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      What rhymes with waterfall

      3 syllables
      4 syllables
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