MILITARY POST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does military post mean? 

• MILITARY POST (noun)
  The noun MILITARY POST has 1 sense:

1. military installation at which a body of troops is stationed

  Familiarity information: MILITARY POST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MILITARY POST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Military installation at which a body of troops is stationed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

military post; post

Context example:

there is an officer's club on the post

Hypernyms ("military post" is a kind of...):

military installation (any facility servicing military forces)

Meronyms (parts of "military post"):

military quarters (living quarters for personnel on a military post)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "military post"):

fort; garrison (a fortified military post where troops are stationed)

outpost (a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops)