DICTIONARY ENTRY
3 SYLLABLES
phosphorus
/'fɑsfərəs/ · fɑsfərəs
Phosphorus has 3 syllables: phos · pho · rus.
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pho
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noun. A planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky.
noun. A multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms.
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