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water clock

How many syllables in water clock?

  3 syllables

Divide water clock into syllables:   wa-ter clock
Primary syllable stress:   wa-ter clock
Secondary syllable stress:   wa-ter clock
How to say water clock:

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What rhymes with water clock

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