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fence post

fence post is the alternative spelling of fencepost.

Meaning of fencepost

Noun

fencepost (plural fenceposts)

  1. A post which helps hold up a fence.
    • Reversing the car I got the headlights on the bird sitting on the roadside fencepost to reveal a Powerful Owl imperiously staring back at us.2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 72

Forms of fence post

pluralfence posts

Questions about fence post

What is fence post the alternative spelling of?
Fence post is the alternative spelling of fencepost.

Words near fence post in the dictionary

  1. fence lizard
  2. fence lizards
  3. fence month
  4. fence months
  5. fence off
  6. fence post
  7. fence posts
  8. fence sitter
  9. fence sitters
  10. fence the tables
  11. fence time

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