Usually means: Units of sound in words.
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  1. syllables: Merriam-Webster
  2. syllables: Collins English Dictionary
  3. syllables: Vocabulary.com
  4. Syllables, syllables: Wordnik
  5. syllables: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. syllables: Wiktionary
  7. syllables: Dictionary.com
  8. syllables: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Syllables: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. syllables: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. syllables: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (syllable)

noun:  (linguistics) A unit of human speech which often forms words corresponding to one opening of the mouth; a vowel and its surrounding consonants.
noun:  The written representation of a given pronounced syllable.
noun:  A small part of a sentence or discourse; anything concise or short; a particle.
verb:  (transitive, poetic) To utter in syllables.
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