intake
nounHow many syllables in intake?
There are 2 syllables in the word intake.How to pronounce intake:
Definition of intake:
- intake (noun):
- an opening through which fluid enters an enclosure
- the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating).
Synonyms for intake:
activity
aspiration
bodily function
bodily process
body process
breathing in
consumption
deglutition
drink
drinking
eating
feeding
imbibition
ingestion
inhalation
inlet
input
inspiration
suck
sucking
suction
swallow
uptake
Antonyms for intake:
output
outturn
production
throughput
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- sporty
- endured
- ventured
- twiddling
- swooshing
- plucked
- misruled
- gibber
- elder
- clicked
- painter
- Maisie
- Kara
- triclad
- Sanjna
- cleanly
- catch-up
- tarnished
- prickly
- refill
- metre
- gerbil
- dangled
- sorbet
- Laraib
- ably
- monthly
- prejudge
- afloat
- walnut
- Nadine
- chopper
- untaught
- sopping
- failure
- trouper
- Gouda
- debut
- aswirl
- affined
- infect
- shrivelled
- filthy
- efforts
- affairs
- cashew
- lousy
- clucking
- tactic
- sleigh bell
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Syllable Fun Fact
Light syllables, having short vowels and no ending consonant, often occur in unstressed positions in polysyllabic words.
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