decantation
verbHow many syllables in decantation?
There are 4 syllables in the word decantation.How to pronounce decantation:
Definition of decantation:
- decantation (verb):
- to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers
Synonyms for decantation:
bleed
clean
clear
draft
drain
draw (off)
effuse
empty
evacuate
exhaust
milk
pump
siphon
suck
syphon
tap
vacate
Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- decaliter
- dayanara
- daredevil
- damilola
- dalliances
- daddario
- custard apple
- cultivated
- cryptically
- crucifixion
- cruciferous
- criticizing
- criteria
- criminalize
- crepuscular
- crepehangers
- cowardliness
- counterbalance
- cosmology
- coruscation
- correlation
- corporeal
- corporation
- cornelius
- coricidin
- coquettishness
- coquettishly
- copernicus
- copernican
- copenhagen
- convocation
- conveyor belt
- convalescent
- contraflexure
- contradictor
- contradicting
- contingency
- contiguous
- consultative
- consultation
- consultancy
- constitutive
- constellations
- consortium
- considerance
- conservator
- conservative
- conquistador
- coniferous
- confiscated
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Syllable Fun Fact
In non-linear phonology, the syllable is seen not as a linear sequence but as a hierarchical structure of constituents.
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