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wayposts

wayposts is the plural of waypost.

Meaning of waypost

Noun

waypost (plural wayposts)

  1. A sign or other marker that indicates the way along a road or trail.
    • Every few hundred yards on alternate sides of the route, a wooden waypost about a yard high was set into the ground.1991, Norman Rush, Mating
  2. (figuratively) Something that guides or marks the way along a figurative journey; a temporary stopping point.
    • As society evolves, education must change to keep apace with it, so may this text serve as a waypost, not a goal.1922, Jane Wright McKee, Purposeful handwork

Questions about wayposts

What is wayposts the plural of?
Wayposts is the plural of waypost.

Words near wayposts in the dictionary

  1. wayobject
  2. wayobjects
  3. waypoint
  4. waypoints
  5. waypost
  6. wayposts
  7. Wayre
  8. ways
  9. ways and means
  10. ways in
  11. ways of life

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