lamppost

American  

[lamp-pohst] / ˈlæmpˌpoʊst /

noun

lampposts plural

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

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lamppost British  

/ ˈlæmpˌpəʊst /

noun

1. 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

Since its creation more than a century ago, the Los Angeles Bureau of Street Lighting has been in the lamppost business and little else.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

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

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

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2025

Mr Salmon, from London, said that after being evacuated he initially mistook the helicopter's rotor blade for a lamppost.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2024

Step one would be simple: He was to stand by a specific lamppost at seven PM on a Tuesday, holding a shopping bag.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau