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/ˈmaɪlˌpoʊst/ · noun
(automotive, road transport) A post on a highway, often with one or more fingerposts, showing the distance in miles to nearby places..
But beyond these cut-offs, to avoid the wholesale alteration of all mileposting and mileages—of bridges and culverts, for example—the original mileposts have remained unaltered.
[...] the 4 miles at 1 in 180 up to Sanquhar were mounted with no greater fall in speed than from 65 to 59 m.p.h., after which, possibly as a result of easing the engine or because the strain on steam supply was beginning to tell, the final 3½ miles up at 1 in 200 up to milepost 59½ were surmounted at a minimum of 49½ m.p.h.
Use mile post when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mile post means (automotive, road transport) A post on a highway, often with one or more fingerposts, showing the distance in miles to nearby places..
Common synonyms include milepole, milestone.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
But beyond these cut-offs, to avoid the wholesale alteration of all mileposting and mileages—of bridges and culverts, for example—the original mileposts have remained unaltered.
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