Usually means: Structures defining scoring area boundaries.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word goalposts:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. goalposts: Merriam-Webster
  2. goalposts: Collins English Dictionary
  3. goalposts: Vocabulary.com
  4. Goalposts, goalposts: Wordnik
  5. goalposts: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. goalposts: Wiktionary
  7. goalposts: Dictionary.com
  8. Goalposts: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Goalposts: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Goalposts: Encyclopedia

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sports Terms (No longer online)
  2. Goalposts: Sports Definitions

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Definitions from Wiktionary (goalposts)

▸ noun:  (bowling) a 7-10 split

Similar:
bedposts, 7-10 split, snake eyes, Cincinnati, split, pocket, bridge, ten-pin bowling, fivepins, tenpin bowling, more...

Opposite:
end zone, baseline, finish line, home plate

Types:
uprights, crossbar, more...

Phrases:
move the goalposts, Moving the goalposts, moved the goalposts, moves the goalposts, more...



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Similar:
bedposts, 7-10 split, snake eyes, Cincinnati, split, pocket, bridge, ten-pin bowling, fivepins, tenpin bowling, more...

Opposite:
end zone, baseline, finish line, home plate

Types:
uprights, crossbar, more...

Phrases:
move the goalposts, Moving the goalposts, moved the goalposts, moves the goalposts, more...



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