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flag-staff

flag-staff is the alternative form of flagstaff.

Meaning of flagstaff

Noun

flagstaff (plural flagstaffs or flagstaves)

  1. A pole on which a flag is raised.
    • Snowball had found in the harness-room an old green tablecloth of Mrs. Jones's and had painted on it a hoof and a horn in white. This was run up the flagstaff in the farmhouse garden every Sunday morning.1945, George Orwell, chapter 3, in Animal Farm
    Synonyms:
    flagpole

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Forms of flag-staff

pluralflag-staffs
pluralflag-staves

Questions about flag-staff

What is flag-staff the alternative form of?
Flag-staff is the alternative form of flagstaff.

Words near flag-staff in the dictionary

  1. flag-burnings
  2. flag-flying
  3. flag-happy
  4. flag-hopping
  5. flag-selling
  6. flag-staff
  7. flag-staffs
  8. flag-staves
  9. flag-to-flag
  10. flag-wagger
  11. flag-waggers

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