How many syllables in leek?

There is 1 syllable in the word leek.

Divide leek into syllables:

leek (noun):: related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves.; a biennial herbaceous plant (allium porrum synonym a. ampeloprasum var. porrum) of the amaryllis family that is related to the garlic, onion and chive and is commonly grown as an annual for its mildly pungent linear leaves and especially for its cylindrical stemlike lower sheath of leaves

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