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LAMPPOST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lamppost mean?
• LAMPPOST (noun)
The noun LAMPPOST has 1 sense:
1. a metal post supporting an outdoor lamp (such as a streetlight)
Familiarity information: LAMPPOST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A metal post supporting an outdoor lamp (such as a streetlight)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("lamppost" is a kind of...):
post (an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position)
Holonyms ("lamppost" is a part of...):
street lamp; streetlight (a lamp supported on a lamppost; for illuminating a street)
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