Posts
/pəʊsts/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:7 ptsWWF:8 pts5 letters
Definition of Posts
noun
- A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
"ram a post into the ground"
- A stud; a two-by-four.
- A pole in a battery.
- A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
- (chiefly a cappella) A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
verb
- To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
"Post no bills."
- To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
"to post someone for cowardice"
- To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
- To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
- To pay (a blind).
"Since Jim was new to the game, he had to post $4 in order to receive a hand."
noun
- Each of a series of men stationed at specific places along a postroad, with responsibility for relaying letters and dispatches of the monarch (and later others) along the route.
- A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travellers on some recognized route.
"a stage or railway post"
- A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
- Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier.
- An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.
"sent via post; parcel post"
verb
- To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier.
- To travel quickly; to hurry.
- To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service.
"Mail items posted before 7.00pm within the Central Business District and before 5.00pm outside the Central Business District will be delivered the next working day."
- (horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting.
- To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
"I couldn't figure it out, so I posted a question on the mailing list."
verb
noun
- A post mortem (investigation of body's cause of death).
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