Number of syllables in the word 'petrified'
Find out how many syllables are there in the word petrified.
- No of syllables in petrified : 3
- Divide syllables in petrified : pet-ri-fied
More about the word - petrified
- adjective
- Definition : Extremely afraid.
- verb
- Definition : To harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
- Definition : To produce rigidity akin to stone.
- Definition : To immobilize with fright.
- Definition : To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.
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