🇬🇧 Lamppost meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A lamppost is a tall metal or wooden pole that stands outside along streets, sidewalks, and in parks, with a bright light at the top. It turns on when it’s dark to help people see where they are going and to keep places safer at night.

The lamppost saw me trip over absolutely nothing and kindly lit it up so everyone else could see too.

When the sun comes up, the lamppost goes off duty and pretends to be a very skinny tree.

The lamppost is the only thing in the neighborhood that never sleeps and never needs snacks.

The lamppost is just a tall, shiny babysitter making sure the dark doesn’t get too wild.

The first electric street lampposts in the 1800s were so bright and strange that some people were scared of them.

A child pressed a paper boat to the base of a lamppost and watched the light touch the water. The lamppost shone gold; the lamppost made the puddle bright like a small sun. Down the street another lamppost blinked, then a third lamppost steadied. The child laughed, picked up the boat, and walked home.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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