"lamppost" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lampposts [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊst Etymology: From lamp + post. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|lamp|post}} lamp + post Head templates: {{en-noun}} lamppost (plural lampposts)
  1. The pole that holds up a light so it can illuminate a wide area, such as holds up a streetlight. Synonyms: lightpost Translations (pole that holds up a light): عَمُود مِصْبَاح (ʕamūd miṣbāḥ) [masculine] (Arabic), عَمُود إِنَارَة (ʕamūd ʔināra) [masculine] (Arabic), ركيزة (rkīza) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), լապտերասյուն (lapterasyun) (Armenian), ліхта́рны слуп (lixtárny slup) [masculine] (Belarusian), лампио́н (lampión) [masculine] (Bulgarian), farola [feminine] (Catalan), 燈柱 (Chinese Mandarin), 灯柱 (dēngzhù) (Chinese Mandarin), 街燈柱 (Chinese Mandarin), 街灯柱 (jiēdēng zhù) (Chinese Mandarin), kandelábr [masculine] (Czech), sloup pouličního osvětlení [masculine] (Czech), lygtepæl [common-gender] (Danish), gadelygte [common-gender] (Danish), lantaarnpaal [masculine] (Dutch), stratlanterno (Esperanto), tänavapost (Estonian), lyhtypylväs (Finnish), réverbère [masculine] (French), lampadaire [masculine] (French), საფანრე ბოძი (sapanre boʒi) (Georgian), Laternenpfahl [masculine] (German), φανοστάτης (fanostátis) [masculine] (Greek), lámpaoszlop (Hungarian), cuaille lampa [masculine] (Irish), cuaille solais [masculine] (Irish), lampione [masculine] (Italian), 街灯 (gaitō) (alt: がいとう) (Japanese), 가로등 (garodeung) (alt: 街路燈) (Korean), apgaismes stabs [masculine] (Latvian), žibinto stulpas [masculine] (Lithuanian), pou rama (Maori), lyktestolpe [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), słup latarni [masculine] (Polish), poste de luz [masculine] (Portuguese), combustor [masculine] (Portuguese), stâlp de felinar [masculine] (Romanian), фона́рь (fonárʹ) [masculine] (Russian), фона́рный столб (fonárnyj stolb) [masculine] (Russian), kandeláber [masculine] (Slovak), stĺp pouličného osvetlenia [masculine] (Slovak), kandelaber [masculine] (Slovene), farola [feminine] (Spanish), farol [masculine] (Spanish), poste de luz [masculine] (Spanish), lyktstolpe [common-gender] (Swedish), เสาโคม (sǎo-koom) (Thai), ліхта́р (lixtár) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ліхта́рний стовп (lixtárnyj stovp) [masculine] (Ukrainian), cột đèn (Vietnamese), polyn lamp [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. (informal, humorous) A tall, thin person. Tags: humorous, informal Synonyms: beanpole, long ghost
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Synonyms: lamp post

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          "word": "가로등"
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      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
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      "word": "лампио́н"
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      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
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      "word": "farola"
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      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "word": "燈柱"
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      "roman": "dēngzhù",
      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "word": "灯柱"
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      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "word": "街燈柱"
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      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "word": "街灯柱"
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      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
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      "word": "kandelábr"
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      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
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      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
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      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
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      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
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      "word": "lantaarnpaal"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "word": "stratlanterno"
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "word": "tänavapost"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "word": "lyhtypylväs"
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      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "réverbère"
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      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "lampadaire"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "sapanre boʒi",
      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "word": "საფანრე ბოძი"
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      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Laternenpfahl"
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      "roman": "fanostátis",
      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "φανοστάτης"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "word": "lámpaoszlop"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cuaille lampa"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cuaille solais"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "lampione"
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      "alt": "がいとう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gaitō",
      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "word": "街灯"
    },
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      "alt": "街路燈",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "garodeung",
      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "word": "가로등"
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "apgaismes stabs"
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "žibinto stulpas"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "word": "pou rama"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "lyktestolpe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "słup latarni"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "poste de luz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "combustor"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "stâlp de felinar"
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      "roman": "fonárʹ",
      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "фона́рь"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fonárnyj stolb",
      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "фона́рный столб"
    },
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kandeláber"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "stĺp pouličného osvetlenia"
    },
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "kandelaber"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "farola"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "farol"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "poste de luz"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
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      "word": "lyktstolpe"
    },
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sǎo-koom",
      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "word": "เสาโคม"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lixtár",
      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ліхта́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lixtárnyj stovp",
      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ліхта́рний стовп"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "word": "cột đèn"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "pole that holds up a light",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "polyn lamp"
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  "word": "lamppost"
}

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