Number of syllables in the word 'picket'

Find out how many syllables are there in the word picket.

  1. No of syllables in picket : 2
  2. Divide syllables in picket : pick-et

More about the word - picket

  1. noun
  2. Definition : A stake driven into the ground.
  3. Definition : A type of punishment by which an offender had to rest his or her entire body weight on the top of a small stake.
  4. Definition : A tool in mountaineering that is driven into the snow and used as an anchor or to arrest falls.
  5. Definition : One of the soldiers or troops placed on a line forward of a position to warn against an enemy advance; or any unit (for example, an aircraft or ship) performing a similar function.
  1. verb
  2. Definition : To protest, organized by a labour union, typically in front of the location of employment.
  3. Definition : To enclose or fortify with pickets or pointed stakes.
  4. Definition : To tether to, or as if to, a picket.
  5. Definition : To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.

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