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MILITARY POST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Military installation at which a body of troops is stationed
Example:
there is an officer's club on the post
Synonyms:
military post; post
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("military post" is a kind of...):
military installation (any facility servicing military forces)
Meronyms (parts of "military post"):
military quarters (living quarters for personnel on a military post)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "military post"):
fort; garrison (a fortified military post where troops are stationed)
outpost (a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops)
