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telegraph posts

telegraph posts is the plural of telegraph post.

Meaning of telegraph post

Noun

telegraph post (plural telegraph posts)

  1. A pole, usually wooden, that carries telephone lines above a street.
    • Here the protection consists of a 50lb per mile cadmium copper trip-wire mounted on short telegraph posts on both sides of the line, 4ft above rail level.1961 November, “Talking of Trains: Aircraft on rail tracks”, in Trains Illustrated, page 650

Questions about telegraph posts

What is telegraph posts the plural of?
Telegraph posts is the plural of telegraph post.

Words near telegraph posts in the dictionary

  1. telegraph plants
  2. Telegraph Point
  3. telegraph pole
  4. telegraph poles
  5. telegraph post
  6. telegraph posts
  7. telegraph stamp
  8. telegraph stamps
  9. telegraph wire
  10. telegraph wires
  11. telegraph-like

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