How many syllables in acorn?

There are 2 syllables in the word acorn.

How to pronounce acorn:

acorn (noun):: fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base.; the nut of the oak usually seated in or surrounded by a hard woody cupule of indurated bracts

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