fire-extinguisher
nounHow many syllables in fire-extinguisher?
There are 5 syllables in the word fire-extinguisher.How to pronounce fire-extinguisher:
Definition of fire-extinguisher:
- fire-extinguisher (noun):
- the event of something burning (often destructive).
- a portable or wheeled apparatus for putting out small fires by ejecting extinguishing chemicals
Synonyms for fire-extinguisher:
backfire
balefire
bonfire
brush fire
campfire
conflagration
forest fire
grassfire
happening
inferno
natural event
occurrence
prairie fire
smolder
smoulder
smudge
Here are some other common 5-syllable words.
- afforestation
- computational
- metamorphosis
- informidable
- delicatessen
- federalism
- expeditious
- cumulonimbus
- unavailable
- unaccountable
- penitentiary
- hypothetical
- modification
- anthropology
- understandingly
- Mediterranean
- necessarily
- polynomial
- melodically
- coeducational
- irresolvable
- considerably
- cornucopia
- procrastinated
- overshadowing
- surrealism
- risibility
- liberalism
- incorruptible
- barbarically
- vivaciously
- precariously
- mendaciousness
- civilization
- toxiphobia
- mathematician
- unmistakably
- circumnavigate
- unrelentingly
- disappointingly
- exploratory
- monetarily
- overconfidence
- unsympathetic
- unreliable
- haruspication
- disorientated
- analytical
- conscientiousness
- insufferable
- … more
Syllable Fun Fact
A haiku traditionally consists of seventeen 'on' or morae, often translated as syllables in English, arranged in a 5-7-5 pattern.
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