gatepost
Americannoun
noun
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the post on which a gate is hung
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the post to which a gate is fastened when closed
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confidentially
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logic another name for turnstile
Etymology
Origin of gatepost
Example Sentences
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She stops walking and puts her hand on a gatepost, which must be hers.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 11, 2019
In the morning, he found a cow's skull on the gatepost of his house.
From Reuters ● Nov. 14, 2013
A tree trunk with the word “Cro” and a gatepost with “Croatoan” scratched in it were the only clues to their fate.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 19, 2012
“I don’t like to pooh-pooh the South, but between you, me, and the gatepost, they don’t have the cold snap,” he told me.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2011
Slowly she walked straight to the large gatepost, reared up on it with her front feet, and bawled the most beautiful tree bark I ever heard in my life.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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