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: a post of metal or wood on a wharf around which to fasten mooring lines
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chiefly British
: any of a series of short posts set at intervals to delimit an area (such as a traffic island) or to exclude vehicles
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As these options work their way through the city government, the go-to standard for separated bike lanes will continue to be the thick green plastic bollards, known as K-71 posts.
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Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2025
On the packed streets outside, some fans climbed onto a subway entrance canopy while others tossed plastic bollards into the air outside Penn Station.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 17 May 2025
The bollards are meant to stand at each crosswalk along Bourbon Street.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
Put bluntly, the shadow of a welcome — in the form the lighthouse — awaits only as a shadow extension of the defensive perimeter, the bollard.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
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Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2025
On the packed streets outside, some fans climbed onto a subway entrance canopy while others tossed plastic bollards into the air outside Penn Station.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 17 May 2025
The bollards are meant to stand at each crosswalk along Bourbon Street.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
Put bluntly, the shadow of a welcome — in the form the lighthouse — awaits only as a shadow extension of the defensive perimeter, the bollard.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for bollard
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“Bollard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bollard. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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bollard
noun
bol·lard
ˈbäl-ərd 
: a post of metal or wood on a wharf around which to fasten mooring lines
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