Phrase Hound found 19 phrases and 16 compound words that contain picket. The most common are listed below. Open picket in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 19
- picket lineA line or rope held by one or many pickets, chiefly one used for tethering horses.
- picket fenceA simple fence made from wooden pickets, connected by horizontal bars.
- star picketA type of pointed metal fence post, consisting of three stips of metal at equal angles to each other.
- picket-houseA wooden building made by fitting boards across a framework of upright poles, often constructed as part of an outpost or as the first shelter in a new homestead.
- flying picketA person or group of people who can be rapidly deployed to different locations in order to picket workplaces (take part in blockades or other protests) during an industrial dispute (dispute between workers and employers).
- picket boatA small naval craft used for harbor patrol and other close inshore work.
- picket fencesplural of picket fence: A simple fence made from wooden pickets, connected by horizontal bars.
- picket linesplural of picket line: A line or rope held by one or many pickets, chiefly one used for tethering horses.
- picket pinA pin used to fix the picket rope for a horse to the ground.
- picket ropeA rope used to tether a horse when not in use.
- screw picketA steel stake, used for barbed-wire defences, the lower half of which is corkscrew shaped, to enable it to be screwed into the ground.
- white picket fenceA symbol of the ideal middle-class suburban life, with a large house, family, and peaceful lifestyle.
- picket boatsplural of picket boat: A small naval craft used for harbor patrol and other close inshore work.
- picket bulletA kind of sharp-pointed bullet, used mainly in rifles.
- picket bulletsplural of picket bullet: A kind of sharp-pointed bullet, used mainly in rifles.
- picket pinsplural of picket pin: A pin used to fix the picket rope for a horse to the ground.
- picket ropesplural of picket rope: A rope used to tether a horse when not in use.
- picket-housesplural of picket-house: A wooden building made by fitting boards across a framework of upright poles, often constructed as part of an outpost or as the first shelter in a new homestead.
- white picket fencesplural of white picket fence: A symbol of the ideal middle-class suburban life, with a large house, family, and peaceful lifestyle.
Compound words 16
- picketeeOne who is being picketed.
- counterpicketA picket (protest) set up in opposition to another.
- outpicketA military picket or outpost.
- picketableAble to be picketed.
- picketlessWithout a picket.
- picketersplural of picketer: Someone who pickets; one participating in a demonstration or posted on a picket line.
- pickettingpresent participle and gerund of picket
- pickethouseAlternative form of picket-house: A wooden building made by fitting boards across a framework of upright poles, often constructed as part of an outpost or as the first shelter in a new homestead.
- picketboatAlternative form of picket boat: A small naval craft used for harbor patrol and other close inshore work.
- picketboatsplural of picketboat: A small naval craft used for harbor patrol and other close inshore work.