pole
Other forms: poles; poling; poled
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.
There are many kinds of poles, from the poles skiers use to balance and push themselves forward to the long, flexible pole a pole vaulter uses to help her jump over a high bar. When someone mentions the North or South Pole, they mean the points on either side of the Earth that mark the ends of its axis of rotation. This kind of pole comes from the Latin polus, "end of an axis" or "the heavens."
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a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
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barge pole
a long pole used to propel or guide a barge
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boom, microphone boom
a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set
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caber
a heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) that is tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of northern Scotland)
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clothes tree, coat stand, coat tree
an upright pole with pegs or hooks on which to hang clothing
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mast
any sturdy upright pole
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ski pole
a pole with metal points used as an aid in skiing
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spar
a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging
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stilt
one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walking high above the ground
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boom
any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring
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bowsprit
a spar projecting from the bow of a vessel
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dolphin striker, martingale
spar under the bowsprit of a sailboat
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gaff
a spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail
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jibboom
a spar that extends the bowsprit
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mast
a vertical spar for supporting sails
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sprit
a light spar that crosses a fore-and-aft sail diagonally
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yard
a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
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rod
a long thin implement made of metal or wood
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a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting
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sports implement
an implement used in a sport
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sports implement
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propel with a pole
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support on poles
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deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole
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one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere
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synonyms:
celestial pole
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north celestial pole
the celestial pole above the northern hemisphere; near Polaris
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south celestial pole
the celestial pole above the southern hemisphere
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celestial point
a point in the heavens (on the celestial sphere)
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north celestial pole
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one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface
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North Pole
the northernmost point of the Earth's axis
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South Pole
the southernmost point of the Earth's axis
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geographic point, geographical point
a point on the surface of the Earth
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North Pole
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one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated
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synonyms:
magnetic pole
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negative magnetic pole, negative pole, south-seeking pole
the pole of a magnet that points toward the south when the magnet is suspended freely
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north-seeking pole, positive magnetic pole, positive pole
the pole of a magnet that points toward the north when the magnet is suspended freely
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negative magnetic pole, negative pole, south-seeking pole
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a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
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synonyms:
terminal
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anode
the negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current
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negative pole
the terminal of a battery that is connected to the negative plate
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positive pole
the terminal of a battery that is connected to the positive plate
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anode
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one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions
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a linear measure of 16.5 feet
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linear measure, linear unit
a unit of measurement of length
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linear measure, linear unit
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a square rod of land
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area unit, square measure
a system of units used to measure areas
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area unit, square measure
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