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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 gateplay

  Familiarity information: GATEPOST used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GATEPOST (noun)


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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