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The correct spelling is posts.

How to pronounce posts

/pəʊsts/
noun

IPA: /pəʊsts/

Say it like: Pos-ts

The correct spelling is posts. A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost. For example: "ram a post into the ground"

Usage Examples

ram a post into the ground

Post no bills.

to post someone for cowardice

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
  2. 2.A stud; a two-by-four.
  3. 3.A pole in a battery.
  4. 4.A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
  5. 5.(chiefly a cappella) A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.

verb

  1. 1.To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
  2. 2.To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
  3. 3.To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
  4. 4.To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
  5. 5.To pay (a blind).

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