Meaning & use
bollard
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A short, sturdy post used to block vehicles from an area or to guide traffic.
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A row of steel bollards kept cars from driving onto the pedestrian plaza.
The delivery truck scraped against a bollard while backing into the alley.
A note on using this word
Common in urban planning and traffic safety; also used nautically for the posts on a dock used to secure a ship's mooring lines.
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postpost barrier
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