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- Dictionarypole/pəʊl/
noun
- 1. a long, slender, rounded piece of wood or metal, typically used with one end placed in the ground as a support for something: "a tent pole"
- 2. another term for perch historical British
verb
- 1. propel (a boat) by pushing a pole against the bottom of a river, canal, or lake: "the boatman appeared, poling a small gondola"
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one of the two points at which a straight line through the centre of a circle cuts the surface of a sphere (= a ball-shaped object): Poles and polars come in pairs. mathematics specialized. a fixed point that other points or lines refer to: In polar coordinates the origin is often called the pole.
1. a. : a long slender usually cylindrical object (such as a length of wood) b. : a shaft which extends from the front axle of a wagon between wheelhorses and by which the wagon is drawn : tongue. c. : a long staff of wood, metal, or fiberglass used in the pole vault. 2. : a varying unit of length.
Pole definition: a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.. See examples of POLE used in a sentence.
A pole is a long thin piece of wood or metal, used especially for supporting things. The truck crashed into a telegraph pole. He reached up with a hooked pole to roll down the metal shutter. 2. countable noun. The earth's poles are the two opposite ends of its axis, its most northern and southern points.
A pole is a rounded stick or rod, usually made of wood, plastic, or metal. You need a pole for hanging a flag, catching fish, or setting up a tent. SKIP TO CONTENT
Pole. (pōl) n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Poland. 2. A person of Polish ancestry. pole 1. (pōl) n. 1. Either extremity of an axis through a sphere. 2. Either of the regions contiguous to the extremities of the earth's rotational axis, the North Pole or the South Pole. 3. Physics See magnetic pole. 4.
Definition of pole noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. pole. noun. /pəʊl/ Idioms. a long thin straight piece of wood or metal, especially one with the end placed in the ground, used as a support. a tent pole. a ski pole. a curtain pole.