noun
Meaning 1
A post which helps hold up a fence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
fencepost
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History
Etymology
From fence + post.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: hegnspæl — post holding up a fence
- Faroese: stika — post holding up a fence
- Faroese: hegnpeli — post holding up a fence
- Finnish: aitatolppa — post holding up a fence
- Finnish: aidantolppa — post holding up a fence
- Finnish: aitapylväs — post holding up a fence
- Finnish: aidanpylväs — post holding up a fence
- Finnish: aitaseiväs — post holding up a fence
- Finnish: aidanseiväs — post holding up a fence
- French: poteau de clôture — post holding up a fence
- French: pieu — post holding up a fence
- German: Zaunpfahl — post holding up a fence
- Latin: vacerra — post holding up a fence
- Māori: pou taiepa — post holding up a fence
- Māori: turi — post holding up a fence
- Norwegian Bokmål: gjerdepåle — post holding up a fence
- Norwegian Bokmål: gjerdestolpe — post holding up a fence
- Norwegian Nynorsk: gjerdepåle — post holding up a fence
- Norwegian Nynorsk: gjerdestolpe — post holding up a fence
- Swedish: staketstolpe — post holding up a fence