post
Meaning
-
- A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
- A stud; a two-by-four.
- A pole in a battery.
- A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
- A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
- A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
- A goalpost.
- A location on a basketball court near the basket.
- (obsolete) The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
- The vertical part of a crochet stitch.
Synonyms
postal service
military station
mail service
piece of mail
whirl along
declare
military post
official position
managerial position
rush along
mail box
place of employment
place of work
postal system
post-office
public square
stick on
beacon light
bear away
official status
put into
speed along
stop-off
carrying stick
stone pillar
postal symbol
mail-cart
mail-coach
assighment
entrusted with any duty
blazon out
mail out
light beacon
support pillar
timber prop
tapal
mail office
upright bar
luminous beacon
mine prop
block post
block station
jumping upright
post mail
correspondence
crockery set
custom-house
double crochet
double stitch
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pəʊst/
Etymology
From Old English post (“pillar, door-post”) and Latin postis (“a post, a door-post”) through Old French.
Bookmark this
Improve your pronunciation
Write this word
'%3e%3c/path%3e%3c/g%3e%3cdefs%3e%3cmarker%20markerWidth='4.5'%20markerHeight='4.5'%20refX='2.25'%20refY='2.25'%20viewBox='0%200%204.5%204.5'%20orient='auto'%20id='SvgjsMarker4023'%3e%3cpolygon%20points='0,4.5%201.5,2.25%200,0%204.5,2.25'%20fill='white'%3e%3c/polygon%3e%3c/marker%3e%3c/defs%3e%3c/svg%3e)
Start learning English with learnfeliz.
Practice speaking and memorizing "post" and many other words and sentences in English.
Go to our English course page
Notes
