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GATEPOST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gatepost mean?
• GATEPOST (noun)
The noun GATEPOST has 1 sense:
1. either of two posts that bound a gate
Familiarity information: GATEPOST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Either of two posts that bound a gate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("gatepost" is a kind of...):
post (an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gatepost"):
hinging post; swinging post (the gatepost on which the gate is hung)
shutting post (the gatepost against which the gate closes)
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