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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
Sense 1
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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