backbench
nounHow many syllables in backbench?
There are 2 syllables in the word backbench.How to pronounce backbench:
Definition of backbench:
- backbench (noun):
- noun. any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons.
- a bench in a british legislature (such as the house of commons) occupied by rank-and-file members compare front bench
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- puer
- gazes
- speckling
- sniffling
- livid
- hardened
- claque
- hellish
- gyro
- warded
- townfolk
- prevails
- constrict
- aggrieve
- straggle
- perspire
- entered
- cocooned
- Aaban
- sunbathed
- nudest
- meantime
- Eady
- disprove
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- skirrets
- drapping
- upturn
- staircase
- shawty
- pasted
- outstripped
- outflanked
- knickknacks
- ensnared
- defamed
- daggered
- meanness
- distill
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- clamour
- tight-lipped
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English compound words often have a primary stress on the first syllable, helping to distinguish them from phrases.
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