How many syllables in dishwater?

There are 3 syllables in the word dishwater.

Divide dishwater into syllables:

dishwater (noun):: water in which dishes have been or are to be washed; binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent.

atomic number 1

atomic number 8

bath water

bilge

bilge water

binary compound

body of water

diamond dust

dishwater

distilled water

flake

fresh water

freshwater

frost mist

frost snow

ground water

h2o

hard water

holy water

hydrogen

ice

ice crystal

ice needle

limewater

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