different between streetlight vs lamppost
streetlight
English
Alternative forms
- street light, street-light
Etymology
street +? light
Noun
streetlight (countable and uncountable, plural streetlights)
- (countable) Any large outdoor light used to illuminate a public area, usually urban.
- Synonym: street lamp
- (uncountable) The light produced by these lights.
Translations
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lamppost
English
Alternative forms
- lamp post
Etymology
From lamp +? post
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??st
Noun
lamppost (plural lampposts)
- The pole that holds up a light so it can illuminate a wide area, such as holds up a streetlight.
- Synonym: lightpost
- (informal, humorous) A tall, thin person.
- Synonym: beanpole
- 1985, Vladimir Kornilov, Girls to the Front (page 4)
- You big skinny lamppost. And you're going grey!
Translations
References
- (tall person): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary (as "lamp-post")
Anagrams
- palmtops
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