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kilometripylväs — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • milepost noun A post on a highway, often with one or more fingerposts, showing the distance in miles to nearby places.
  • milestone noun A marker placed beside a road showing the distance to a destination.

Senses

kilometripylväs is used for these senses in English:

  • milepost (automotive, road transport) A post on a highway, often with one or more fingerposts, showing the distance in miles to nearby places.
  • milestone A stone milepost (or by extension in other materials), one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals, typically at the side of the road or in a median.

milepost — full definition

  1. noun A post on a highway, often with one or more fingerposts, showing the distance in miles to nearby places.
  2. noun A sign or post beside a railway marking the distance from the (actual or nominal) start of a line (usually the principal terminus or junction with a more major line).

milestone — full definition

  1. noun A marker placed beside a road showing the distance to a destination.
  2. noun An important event or stage of progress in a project, career, or life.

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