flagstaff

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
21
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈflæɡstæf/
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/ˈflæɡstæf/ · /ˈflæɡstɑːf/

Definition of flagstaff

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A pole on which a flag is raised.
    “Snowball had found in the harness-room an old green tablecloth of Mrs. Jones's and had painted on it a hoof and a horn in white. This was run up the flagstaff in the farmhouse garden every Sunday morning.”
    “1988, Rhodes Boyson, Hansard, 7 June, 1988, Criminal Justice Bill, https://web.archive.org/web/20190212095659/https://www.hansard-corpus.org/ The abolition of the death penalty has been the flagstaff of the permissive society. We know what that has meant for the people of this country. Local newspapers are full of articles about robbery, murder, rape and, literally, pillage.”
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noun

  1. A pole on which a flag is raised.
    “Snowball had found in the harness-room an old green tablecloth of Mrs. Jones's and had painted on it a hoof and a horn in white. This was run up the flagstaff in the farmhouse garden every Sunday morning.”
    “1988, Rhodes Boyson, Hansard, 7 June, 1988, Criminal Justice Bill, https://web.archive.org/web/20190212095659/https://www.hansard-corpus.org/ The abolition of the death penalty has been the flagstaff of the permissive society. We know what that has meant for the people of this country. Local newspapers are full of articles about robbery, murder, rape and, literally, pillage.”

name

  1. A city, the county seat of Coconino County, Arizona, United States.
  2. A town in Victoria, Australia.

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Etymology

From flag + staff.

Hooks

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