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goal·post or goal post  (glpst)

n.

1. One of a pair of posts usually joined with a crossbar to form a goal, as in soccer or ice hockey.

2. A post or a pair of posts supporting a crossbar and either supporting or extending into the uprights of a goal, as in football.

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goalpost

Noun

1. either of two uprights supporting the crossbar of a goal

2. move the goalposts to change the aims of an activity to ensure the desired results

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

goalpost - one of a pair of posts (usually joined by a crossbar) that are set up as a goal at each end of a playing field crossbar - long thin horizontal crosspiece between two vertical posts goal - game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points post - an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position; "he set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them" upright, vertical - a vertical structural member as a post or stake; "the ball sailed between the uprights"

Translations

goalpost [ˈgəulpəust] n → palo (della porta)