signpost

IPA: sˈaɪnpoʊst

A post bearing a sign that gives information on directions.
(cryptic crosswords) A word or phrase within a clue that serves as an indicator, rather than being fodder.

(transitive) To install signposts on.
(transitive) To direct (somebody) to services, resources, etc.
To indicate logical progress of a discourse using words or phrases such as now, right, to recap, to sum up, as I was saying, etc.
To signal, as if with a signpost.

Examples of "signpost" in Sentences

Snowscapes, where every familiar signpost is missing.
When we are lost in the woods the sight of a signpost is a great matter.
On the grass verge beside the signpost was a small shrine with a blue-clothed statue of the Virgin Mary.
I have replied, but you have to click on the arrow to page 2 of the comments to see: the signpost is not very clear I am afraid.
Most of the railway stations of Mexico were solidly built and any that merit an Est. signpost from the main highway are almost certainly still well worth visiting.
I remember 1968, when the conventioneers got overwhelmed by the protests outside and started singing "We Shall Overcome" and took down their vertical state-name signpost and rocked it in the horizontal position.