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gateposts

gateposts is the plural of gatepost.

Meaning of gatepost

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

Questions about gateposts

What is gateposts the plural of?
Gateposts is the plural of gatepost.

Words near gateposts in the dictionary

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

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