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gatepost

gatepost noun: a vertical post from which a gate is hung/attached.

gatepost: a vertical post from which a gate is hung/attached
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Noun

gatepost (plural gateposts)

  1. a vertical post from which a gate is hung/attached.
    • A cuckoo sat on a gate-post singing his broken June tune[.]1906, Rudyard Kipling, Puck of Pook's Hill, London: Penguin Books, published 1994, page 9

Forms of gatepost

pluralgateposts

Origin of gatepost

From gate + post.

Phrases with gatepost

Questions about gatepost

What does gatepost mean?
Gatepost means a vertical post from which a gate is hung/attached.
What part of speech is gatepost?
Gatepost is a noun.
What is the plural of gatepost?
The plural of gatepost is gateposts.

Words near gatepost in the dictionary

  1. gatepeople
  2. gateperson
  3. gatepersons
  4. gatepier
  5. gatepiers
  6. gatepost
  7. gateposts
  8. gater
  9. gaters
  10. gates
  11. Gates County

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