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TELEPHONE POLE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does telephone pole mean?

• TELEPHONE POLE (noun)
The noun TELEPHONE POLE has 1 sense:

1. tall pole supporting telephone wires

Familiarity information: TELEPHONE POLE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• TELEPHONE POLE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Tall pole supporting telephone wires

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

telegraph pole; telegraph post; telephone pole

Hypernyms ("telephone pole" is a kind of...):

post (an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position)

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