outpost
/ˈaʊtˌpoʊst/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.39 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops.
noun
noun
An outlying settlement.
noun
A square protected by a pawn that is in or near the enemy's stronghold.
Example Sentences
- "The outpost did not have enough ammunition to resist a determined assault."
- "Sgt. Smith fleeced most of the rest of the outpost of their earnings in their weekly game of craps."
- "The net had been fully drawn; every member of the gang had been accounted for and now the outposts stationed in the garden were coming in to take over the work of guarding and escorting the haul of prisoners."
- "Beyond the border proper, there are three small outposts not officially under government protection."
- "On March 9, 1903, an extension, 50 miles in length, was opened from Letterkenny to the remote outpost of Burtonport, a small township on the shores of the Atlantic in the far north-west corner of Co. Donegal, running through some of the wildest and bleakest parts of the country."
- "[…] Colonel Moen was trying to make sense of the radio nets, which had never really been operational let alone secure; our numerous outposts were cobbled together with hand-held Motorolas and too few repeater stations […]"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English post English outpost From out- + post.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈaʊtˌpoʊst/
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Military, Places.