Hyphenation of picket

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word picket? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

pick-et

Definitions of picket:

1.
A person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
2.
A detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
3.
A protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
4.
A vehicle performing sentinel duty
5.
A wooden strip forming part of a fence
6.
A form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake
7.
Serve as pickets or post pickets
Picket a business to protest the layoffs
8.
Fasten with a picket
Picket the goat

Synonyms of picket:

noun lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout, watchman, watcher, security guard
noun detachment
noun demonstrator, protester
nounmilitary vehicle
noun pale, strip
verb demonstrate, march
verb fasten, fix, secure

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