fencepost
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- noun
- /ˈfɛnsˌpoʊst/
:
poste de valla
- The creature regroups and charges after them, hitting each fencepost in turn, sending weird sinuous shock waves along the barbed wire, making almost musical twanging sounds.
- metal fenceposts
Examples
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His shirt was torn by thorns, his skin chewed by insects, his cane struck unidentifiable objects: was that a fencepost?
Fiction book (2001) -
The fencepost would be good, she thought, walking to the corner of her yard.
Fiction book (1993) -
A spider climbs the screen, and outside, a catbird screeches from a fencepost.
Fiction book (1999) -
Frank raises his head just high enough to poke the Enfield over the stacked fenceposts.
Fiction book (2001) -
The old fencepost was firmly planted in the ground, supporting the wooden fence around the garden.
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She noticed that the fencepost was leaning, indicating it might need to be replaced soon.
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As we walked along the trail, we saw a series of fenceposts marking the boundary of the farm.
Synonyms
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4.8
A strong post that you put into the ground to mark a place or hold something
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1.0
A long pole set upright in the ground to support or mark
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4.4
A pointed or flat-topped piece of wood fixed upright to make a fence
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A fence made of thin upright wooden and metal stakes or one of those stakes
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3.5
An upright piece of wood or metal beside a gate that supports it
A strong post in the ground that a gate swings on
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Etymology
Fencepost comes from the two simple words fence and post, where post means an 'upright pole' stuck in the ground. So a Fencepost is a strong pole that holds a fence and marks a boundary.