n.
1.a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
2.one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle
3.long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia
4.long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons
Idiom of the Day
get one's start
to receive the first major opportunity of one's career
The newspaper owner got his start by selling papers when he was a child.
