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# lamppost

noun (a lamppost, lampposts)

«lamppost» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A lamppost is a tall post in a street or park with a light at the top that comes on when it gets dark. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lamppost/#m1)
2. Lampposts are also used to hold signs, posters and bins. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lamppost/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life lampposts light roads and paths at night and help people see where they are going; in safety lessons children learn to walk where it is well lit. In stories a lamppost may mark a meeting place (as in the Narnia story, where the lamppost stands in a snowy wood). Phrases: "under the lamppost", "lean against a lamppost", "lost dog poster on a lamppost".

### Examples

- We met under the lamppost at the corner of our street. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lamppost/#x1)
- A poster about a lost cat was taped to the lamppost. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lamppost/#x2)
- The lampposts come on when it gets dark. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lamppost/#x3)
- In the book, Lucy finds a lamppost glowing in the snowy wood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lamppost/#x4)
- Dad bumped into a lamppost while looking at his phone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lamppost/#x5)
- The council is replacing old lampposts with bright LED ones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lamppost/#x6)
- There are twelve lampposts along the path, one every 20 metres. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lamppost/#x7)
- "It's much more like the lampposts on the Thames Embankment," said George, who had noticed a curly thing like a tail that went twisting up the North Pole. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lamppost/#x8)

### Note

Countable: one lamppost, two lampposts. Also written "lamp post" or "lamp-post"; all three are correct. It is the same thing as a streetlight or street lamp. In a maths problem about lampposts in a row, remember the gaps: 5 lampposts in a straight line make 4 gaps between them.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lamppost» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lamppost/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lamppost» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lamppost.html) on Mova free.