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OBSERVATION POST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does observation post mean?
• OBSERVATION POST (noun)
The noun OBSERVATION POST has 1 sense:
1. an elevated post affording a wide view
Familiarity information: OBSERVATION POST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An elevated post affording a wide view
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
lookout; observation post
Hypernyms ("observation post" is a kind of...):
post; station (the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "observation post"):
meteorological observation post; weather station (one of a network of observation posts where meteorological data is recorded)
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