milepost
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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.).
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Further reading[edit]
- Railway mileposts on Wikipedia.Wikipedia