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Hyphenation for “pickets”

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What is the correct hyphenation for “pickets”? The purpose of hyphenation is to separate a word such as "pickets" because otherwise it would be too long and would no longer fit on one line. This separation not only saves space it improves the visually flow of the text. This word separation exists in most languages. In English, the word separation of “pickets” is based on the speech syllables. The separating syllable in linguistics is therefore the smallest group of sounds in the natural flow of speech. As a separator, the classic hyphen is usually used: „pickets“ ⟶ „pick-ets“.

Hyphens are occasionally used to denote syllabification, as in syl-la-bi-fi-ca-tion. Various British and North American dictionaries use an interpunct, sometimes called a "middle dot" or "hyphenation point", for this purpose, as in syl·la·bi·fi·ca·tion. This allows the hyphen to be reserved only for places where a hard hyphen is intended (for example, self-con·scious, un·self-con·scious, long-stand·ing). Similarly, hyphens may be used to indicate how a word is being or should be spelled. For example, W-O-R-D spells "word".

Definitions of "pickets"

pickets >> /ˈpɪkɪt/

Definition: [verb] Act as a picket outside (a workplace or other venue)
Example: strikers picketed the newspaper's main building

Synonyms of "pickets"

demonstrate at | form a picket at | man the picket line at | launch a demonstration at | protest at | form a protest group at |

Definition: [noun] A person or group of people who stand outside a workplace or other venue as a protest or to try to persuade others not to enter during a strike.
Example: forty pickets were arrested

Synonyms of "pickets"

striker | demonstrator | protester | objector | picketer |

Definition: [noun] A soldier or small group of soldiers performing a particular duty, especially one sent out to watch for the enemy.
Example: when would this headlong advance run into the enemy pickets?

Synonyms of "pickets"

watchman | guard | watch | sentry | sentinel | night watchman | scout | picket |

Definition: [noun] A pointed wooden stake driven into the ground, typically to form a fence or to tether a horse.
Example: a cedar-picket stockade

Synonyms of "pickets"

stake | peg | post | paling |