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picket

Picket is a 6 letter word which starts with the letter P and ends with the letter T for which we found 5 definitions.

Definition
(n.) A stake sharpened or pointed especially one used in fortification and encampments to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses.
(n.) A pointed pale used in marking fences.
(n.) A detached body of troops serving to guard an army from surprise and to oppose reconnoitering parties of the enemy; -- called also outlying picket.
(n.) By extension men appointed by a trades union or other labor organization to intercept outsiders and prevent them from working for employers with whom the organization is at variance.
(n.) A military punishment formerly resorted to in which the offender was forced to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.

Syllable Information

The word picket is a 6 letter word that has 2 syllable 's . The syllable division for picket is: pick-et


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