Meaning

2 senses
  1. A board that shows the direction (and often distance) to a named place; especially one of several attached to a milepost.

    Wegweiser

  2. The milepost itself.

More definitions
  • a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger

Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
board that shows the direction to a named place:

Origin

From finger + post.

From finger + post.

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Forms

plural: fingerposts

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger:fingerboard

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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