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Webster 1913 Edition
Milepost
Mile′postˊ
,Noun.
1.
A post, or one of a series of posts, set up to indicate spaces of a mile each or the distance in miles from a given place.
Definition 2024
milepost
milepost
English
Noun
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
post on a highway
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Verb
milepost (third-person singular simple present mileposts, present participle mileposting, simple past and past participle mileposted)
- To place mileposts along (a road, etc.).