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GOALPOST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of a pair of posts (usually joined by a crossbar) that are set up as a goal at each end of a playing field
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("goalpost" is a kind of...):
post (an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position)
Meronyms (parts of "goalpost"):
crossbar (long thin horizontal crosspiece between two vertical posts)
upright; vertical (a vertical structural member as a post or stake)
Holonyms ("goalpost" is a part of...):
goal (game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points)
