picket
Translation
picket, protester, stake, post
Examples
The workers formed a picket outside the gate.
The workers formed a picket outside the gate.
He painted the white picket fence.
He painted the white picket fence.
Grammar Patterns
((a picket)) a protester or group of protesters A picket was set up by the union.
((a picket)) a pointed stake used for a fence The garden was enclosed by a picket.
Similar Words
Synonyms: protester, striker, stake, post
Etymology
From French 'piquet', diminutive of 'pic' (pike, pickaxe), originally meaning a pointed stake. The protest meaning evolved from military picket duty.
Memory Tips
Picture protesters 'picking' a fight with their employer, or a fence made of pointed stakes you could 'pick' things with.