pole
- noun
- /poʊl/
- Archaic
- The carpenter used a pole measuring sixteen feet to help build the fence.
- poles in feet
Examples
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Women and girls would rise, roll up their beds, and hang them on the hanging pole in the house.
Fiction book (1995) -
You take him to the five and a half pole and turn him loose.
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Now, show him the stick at the quarter pole, and he'll give you a whole new gear.
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Now cut off two poles about twelve foot long.
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You need to keep him covered up till the three-eighths pole, then let him roll.
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- He didn't finish... ...but I got him between the quarter pole and the half-mile pole.
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The memorial employs a grave pole and other traditional Magyar folk symbols.
Academic text (2000) -
Regal Ransom and Pioneer of the Nile strike the front, just outside the eighth pole.
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The proposed route was 155 poles (2,557 feet) longer than the existing route along Indian Creek.
Academic text (2004) -
The entire route measured 1,732.5 poles (28,586 feet or 5.4 miles).
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
Idioms
Refuse to be involved with people or things that seem dangerous and dishonest
Compounds
A long thin rod used to catch fish by holding a line and throwing it into the water
A tall carved wooden post made by northwest coast native people showing family or legend figures
A point on Earth where the force that makes compasses point goes straight down or up
- UK
A long thin pole with a pointed metal tip that skiers use to help balance and push on snow
- Specialized
One of the two points in the sky where the line Earth spins around seems to meet the stars
A pole with red and white spiral stripes that shows where people get haircuts or shaves
- Specialized
The end of a battery marked with a minus sign that connects to the black wire
- Specialized
A point in the sky above Earth's North Pole that stars appear to turn around and is near Polaris
- Specialized
The end of a magnet that points toward Earth's north when it hangs freely
- Specialized
A long straight rod with red and white bands that people who measure land use to line up points
- UK
A long straight pole with red and white bands used to mark positions when measuring land
- Specialized
The end of a magnet that points toward the north when it hangs freely
- Specialized
A battery terminal marked with a plus sign that connects to the red wire
A ski pole made from strong Tonkin cane bamboo that is flexible and lasts a long time
- Specialized
The point in the sky above Earth's South Pole that the stars appear to turn around
- Specialized
The end of a magnet that points toward the Earth's south when it hangs freely
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pole as an old unit of length comes from the same idea as a 'pole' or 'rod', from Latin palus meaning 'stake'. People once measured land using these long rods, so the tool's name became the name of the measure.