How many syllables in Pivot
Word
Pivot
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
piv-ot
Definition
- n. - A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or
other body turns.
- n. - The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a
support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch.
- n. - Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on
which important results depend; as, the pivot of an enterprise.
- n. - The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place whike
the company or line moves around him in wheeling; -- called also pivot
man.
- v. t. - To place on a pivot.
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