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Word entry · 7 letters

bollard

Best crossword clue

"Mooring post"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈbɒləɹd/Part of speech nounSorted abdllorStarts with BEnds with D1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines)

Word origin

From Middle English bollard, probably from Middle English bole (“tree trunk”), from Old Norse bolr (“stump, trunk”), equivalent to bole + -ard (pejorative or diminutive suffix).

Used in a sentence

  • Near-synonym: towing bitt (often coinstantial)
  • Today he had for bollard the unfinished monument half-erected to some all but forgotten anarchist.
  • He sat on a bollard, looking out across the water, a man more small and shabby than expected.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

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