Milepost

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A post set up to indicate distance in miles, as along a highway.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A post on a highway, often with one or more fingerposts, showing the distance in miles to nearby places
  • n. 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)
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • n. An event or accomplishment marking a significant advance in an endeavor; a notable achievment.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A post set up to mark distance by miles along a highway or other line of travel.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. stone post at side of a road to show distances
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    marker    mark    marking   
    Cross Reference
    milestone   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    milestone   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    not-so-fond    nameday    sublevel    metope    d'avignon   
     
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