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goal post

  1. either of the two vertical posts that support a crossbar and form the opening of a goal in soccer, hockey, etc.
  2. Football the base, crossbar, and uprights that form the goal for a field goal or for an extra point that is kicked

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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