signpost
- Top 10000
Sense 1
- noun
- B1
A tall post beside a road or path with flat pointed arms that show which way each place lies.
A wooden signpost at the fork pointed towards the lake.
Someone had turned the signpost round and we walked north.
Snow covered the signpost, so we guessed which valley was ours.
Common collocations: a wooden signpost · follow the signpost · a signpost to the village · read the signpost
Part of: Directions, Landscape
Sense 2 · less common
- verb
- B2
To put up signs along a road or path so that people can find the way.
The cycle route is clearly signposted all the way to the coast.
Workers signposted a diversion around the bridge before the repairs began.
The forest paths are badly signposted, so take a paper map.
Common collocations: well signposted · clearly signposted · badly signposted · signpost a route
Part of: Directions, Holidays
Forms
- plural
- signposts