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
noun	military vehicle
noun	pale, strip
verb	demonstrate, march
verb	fasten, fix, secure

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Hyphenator

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