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flagpole

flagpole

12 1.4
A tall pole used to hold a flag
  • noun
  • /ˈflæɡˌpoʊl/
translation icon : mástil
  • All through his 16 years in prison, Green says, his father carefully tended to the flagpole in his family's front yard.
  • top of the flagpole

Question is for both using the guy falling out of the building, grabbing on to the flagpole.

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Examples

  • Just an open field with a flagpole, but for many Tigers fans, it is a meaningful place.

    Blog text (25)
  • I'm gonna meet Skip at the flagpole.

  • Now take a look at the building with the flagpole.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • " Let's meet outside by the flagpole and I'll take roll there.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • The trigger is at the base of that flagpole.

  • On the national holiday, the flags flew from the flagpoles; even I could see that from the hospital ward.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Gongs go off, firecrackers are set off, and a special flag is raised on the flagpole.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Sergeants Schmidt, Payne, and Gunnery Sergeant King are waiting for us beside the regimental flagpole.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • The school raised the national flag on the flagpole every morning.

  • During the ceremony, a banner was unfurled from the tall flagpole in the park.

Synonyms

flagstaff
vsflagpole
16 4.8

A tall pole used for raising a flag

is the same meaning but names the object using the alternate traditional term

How Tall

mast
49 4.2
flagpole
12 1.4
pole
318 1.0
post
99 1.0

Surface Forms

flagpole singular
flagpoles plural

Morphology

flagpole = flag + pole (transparent) = flag + pole

The meaning is the literal combination of 'flag' + 'pole' — a pole on which a flag is displayed.

Etymology

Flagpole is simply flag + pole, literally a 'flag' on a long 'pole'. So picture a tall pole holding a flag high above a building, and you will remember its meaning.