lacuna
nounHow many syllables in lacuna?
There are 3 syllables in the word lacuna.How to pronounce lacuna:
Definition of lacuna:
- lacuna (noun):
- deficiency sense 1
- a blank space or a missing part gap
- a gap or space in a book or manuscript
- noun. an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome.
Synonyms for lacuna:
absence
blank
break
caisson
dearth
deficiency
deficit
drought
drouth
failure
famine
gap
hiatus
inadequacy
insufficiency
lack
omission
panel
paucity
poverty
scantiness
scarcity
shortage
space
void
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- forsaken
- acoustic
- unlikeness
- paralyze
- flabbergast
- beleaguered
- ambulate
- wintertime
- tightening
- sorcerer
- sky-scraping
- overslept
- hygienic
- courtier
- confronted
- confounded
- undesired
- peonies
- favoring
- spiraling
- drunkenly
- depletion
- rancorous
- mishandle
- diwali
- subservient
- malleable
- inciting
- homerun
- heightening
- replaying
- overthrow
- Ifama
- cogitate
- cherubic
- asperite
- ancestresses
- myositis
- inverted
- adventures
- ten-thousandth
- monophthong
- filter-tipped
- constitute
- venerate
- shortcoming
- reposes
- realty
- pugilist
- despotic
- … more
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