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fingerposts

fingerposts is the plural of fingerpost.

Meaning of fingerpost

Noun

fingerpost (plural fingerposts)

  1. A board that shows the direction (and often distance) to a named place; especially one of several attached to a milepost.
  2. The milepost itself.
    • ...some hint, which, besides confirming him in the theory of virtue, may, likewise, serve for a finger-post to virtuous action.1857, Herman Melville, The Confidence Man, Dix, Edwards & Co, published 1857, page 108

Questions about fingerposts

What is fingerposts the plural of?
Fingerposts is the plural of fingerpost.

Words near fingerposts in the dictionary

  1. fingerpointing
  2. fingerpointings
  3. fingerpoints
  4. fingerpointy
  5. fingerpost
  6. fingerposts
  7. fingerprick
  8. fingerpricks
  9. fingerprint
  10. fingerprint analyses
  11. fingerprint analysis

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