milepost

English edit

Etymology edit

mile +‎ post

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

milepost (plural mileposts)

A post on a highway, often with one or more fingerposts, showing the distance in miles to nearby places
(rail transport) A sign or post beside a railway marking the distance from the (actual or nominal) start of a line (usually the principal terminus or junction with a more major line)

Translations edit

post on a highway

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Verb edit

milepost (third-person singular simple present mileposts, present participle mileposting, simple past and past participle mileposted)

To place mileposts along (a road, etc.).

Anagrams edit

polemist, postmile