milepost
noun/ˈmaɪlˌpoʊst/US
Etymology
Definitions
A post on a highway, often with one or more fingerposts, showing the distance in miles to…
A post on a highway, often with one or more fingerposts, showing the distance in miles to nearby places.
A sign or post beside a railway marking the distance from the (actual or nominal) start…
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).
- But beyond these cut-offs, to avoid the wholesale alteration of all mileposting and mileages—of bridges and culverts, for example—the original mileposts have remained unaltered.
To place mileposts along (a road, etc.).
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for milepost. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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