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FINGERPOST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fingerpost mean? 

FINGERPOST (noun)
  The noun FINGERPOST has 1 sense:

1. a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index fingerplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


FINGERPOST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

fingerboard; fingerpost

Hypernyms ("fingerpost" is a kind of...):

guidepost; signpost (a post bearing a sign that gives directions or shows the way)


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