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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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Security footage also captured the incident, including Holliday allegedly getting out of his car and securing the rope to the parking bollard and his dog’s neck.
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Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
The model of the quarry revealed 426 moai in various stages of completion, 341 trenches cut to outline blocks for carving, and 133 voids in the rock where statues were successfully removed, plus five bollards that acted as anchor points for lowering moai down slopes.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025
Plans call for the roadway’s wide two-way, left-turn lane areas to be narrowed, creating extra space for bigger bike lanes with protective plastic bollards.
—Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
Eventually, the closures went from year-round to seasonal, with retractable bollards at key intersections to prevent cars and trucks from passing through during the closed periods.
—Eric D. Lawrence, Freep.com, 16 Oct. 2025
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Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
The model of the quarry revealed 426 moai in various stages of completion, 341 trenches cut to outline blocks for carving, and 133 voids in the rock where statues were successfully removed, plus five bollards that acted as anchor points for lowering moai down slopes.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025
Plans call for the roadway’s wide two-way, left-turn lane areas to be narrowed, creating extra space for bigger bike lanes with protective plastic bollards.
—Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
Eventually, the closures went from year-round to seasonal, with retractable bollards at key intersections to prevent cars and trucks from passing through during the closed periods.
—Eric D. Lawrence, Freep.com, 16 Oct. 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 8 Dec. 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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