lamppost

American

[lamp-pohst] / ˈlæmpˌpoʊst /

noun

a post, usually of metal, supporting a lamp that lights a street, park, etc.

lamppost British

/ ˈlæmpˌpəʊst /

noun

a post supporting a lamp, esp in a street

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

lampposts

plural

Etymology

Origin of lamppost

First recorded in 1780–90; lamp + post ¹

Example Sentences

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Smacking his head on a lamppost while chasing one woman and ogling another, Damien is transported to a parallel universe in which women don’t just run the world, the nature of the sexes has flipped.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Weeks later, the suburbs of Weoley Castle and Northfield in Birmingham had a mixture of the St George Cross and union jacks hanging from every lamppost along several of their streets.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2025

A further photograph shows a damaged lamppost at the resort owned by the Trump Organisation.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2025

A vertical lamppost splits the scene roughly into halves.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2025

The song was about him meeting his girl under a lamppost.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

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