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
have a hand in (something)
to be partly responsible for something
I think that the woman had a hand in getting her friend fired from her job.