greenembroidered
The word 'green-embroidered' is syllabified as green-em-broi-dered, with stress on 'dered'. It's a compound adjective formed from 'green' and 'embroidered', following CV-based syllabification rules.
Definitions
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Decorated with embroidery in the colour green
“She admired the green-embroidered cushion.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the third syllable ('dered').
Syllables
green — Monosyllabic, open syllable.. em — Closed syllable.. broi — Diphthong, closed syllable.. dered — Closed syllable.
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Vowel Nucleus Rule
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Consonant Cluster Rule
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