I doubt that Tom has the courage to cross the picket line.
Source: tatoeba (1027572)
Picket
//ˈpɪkɪt//
Synonyms for "picket" (181 found)
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Closest matches (37)
Strong matches (54)
Related words (90)
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14 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
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3 entriesis a
7 entriesmanner of
2 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
15 entriesTranslations
65 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- شَاخِص noun (stake driven into the ground)
- لِكَاز noun (stake driven into the ground)
- وَتَد noun (stake driven into the ground)
Bulgarian
3 entries- дозор noun (soldiers placed forward of position)
- кол noun (stake driven into the ground)
- пикел noun (mountaineering tool)
Catalan
3 entries- piquet noun (stake driven into the ground)
- piquet noun (soldiers placed forward of position)
- piquet noun (protester outside a workplace during a strike)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 樴 /枳 noun (stake driven into the ground)
- 糾察隊 /纠察队 noun (protester outside a workplace during a strike)
Czech
1 entries- kolík noun (stake driven into the ground)
Dutch
1 entries- piket noun (stake driven into the ground)
Esperanto
1 entries- paliso noun (stake driven into the ground)
Estonian
1 entries- pikett noun (soldiers placed forward of position)
Finnish
4 entries- etuvartio noun (soldiers placed forward of position)
- lakkovahti noun (protester outside a workplace during a strike)
- lakkovartio noun (protester outside a workplace during a strike)
- lumikiila noun (mountaineering tool)
French
4 entries- piquet noun (stake driven into the ground)
- piquet noun (soldiers placed forward of position)
- piquet noun (protester outside a workplace during a strike)
- planton noun (soldiers placed forward of position)
German
4 entries- Latte noun (stake driven into the ground)
- Pfahl noun (stake driven into the ground)
- Pfosten noun (stake driven into the ground)
- Streikposten noun (protester outside a workplace during a strike)
Icelandic
4 entries- hervörður noun (soldiers placed forward of position)
- pílári í girðingu noun (stake driven into the ground)
- rimill noun (stake driven into the ground)
- staur noun (stake driven into the ground)
Irish
1 entries- staic noun (stake driven into the ground)
Italian
4 entries- paletto noun (stake driven into the ground)
- picchetto noun (stake driven into the ground)
- picchetto noun (soldiers placed forward of position)
- picchetto noun (protester outside a workplace during a strike)
Japanese
2 entries- ピケット noun (protester outside a workplace during a strike)
- 杭 noun (stake driven into the ground)
Khmer
1 entries- រ noun (stake driven into the ground)
Macedonian
3 entries- ко́лец noun (stake driven into the ground)
- ко́рдон noun (soldiers placed forward of position)
- кол noun (stake driven into the ground)
Māori
1 entries- wāwā noun (stake driven into the ground)
Norwegian
1 entries- staur noun (stake driven into the ground)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- قازیق noun (stake driven into the ground)
- وتد noun (stake driven into the ground)
Polish
1 entries- sztacheta noun (stake driven into the ground)
Romanian
1 entries- pichet noun (stake driven into the ground)
Russian
4 entries- аванпо́ст noun (soldiers placed forward of position)
- дозо́р noun (soldiers placed forward of position)
- кол noun (stake driven into the ground)
- кордо́н noun (soldiers placed forward of position)
Spanish
1 entries- piquete noun (protester outside a workplace during a strike)
Tamil
1 entries- மறியல் noun (protester outside a workplace during a strike)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
The strikers hectored the few scabs courageous enough to cross the picket line.
Source: tatoeba (1251242)
There's a white picket fence around Tom's house.
Source: tatoeba (3170658)
Tom wants a house with a big yard and a white picket fence.
Source: tatoeba (3177206)
Showing 4 of 19 available sentences.
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