Meaning

1 senses
  1. A vertical post from which a gate is hung/attached.

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More definitions
  • either of two posts that bound a gate

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Her car struck against the gatepost through her carelessness.

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  2. I tore the paper from the gatepost and put it in my pocket with a sigh.

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Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
vertical post from which a gate is hung:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
vertical post from which a gate is hung:

Origin

From gate + post.

From gate + post.

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Forms

plural: gateposts
Singulargatepost
Pluralgateposts

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gatepost — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto