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- US Pronunciation
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- UK Pronunciation
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- [pohl]
- /poʊl/
- /pəʊl/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [pohl]
- /poʊl/
Definitions of pole word
- noun pole Reginald, 1500–58, English cardinal and last Roman Catholic archbishop of Canterbury. 1
- verb with object pole to furnish with poles. 1
- verb with object pole to push, strike, or propel with a pole: to pole a raft. 1
- verb with object pole Baseball. to make (an extra-base hit) by batting the ball hard and far: He poled a triple to deep right-center. 1
- verb with object pole Metallurgy. to stir (molten metal, as copper, tin, or zinc) with poles of green wood so as to produce carbon, which reacts with the oxygen present to effect deoxidation. 1
- verb without object pole to propel a boat, raft, etc., with a pole: to pole down the river. 1
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Origin of pole
First appearance:
before 1050 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1050; Middle English; Old English pāl < Latin pālus stake. See pale2
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Pole
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pole popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
pole usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pole
noun pole
- arbor — An arbor is a shelter in a garden which is formed by leaves and stems of plants growing close together over a light framework.
- axis — An axis is an imaginary line through the middle of something.
- axle — An axle is a rod connecting a pair of wheels on a car or other vehicle.
- beam — If you say that someone is beaming, you mean that they have a big smile on their face because they are happy, pleased, or proud about something.
- cane — Cane is used to refer to the long, hollow, hard stems of plants such as bamboo. Strips of cane are often used to make furniture, and some types of cane can be crushed and processed to make sugar.
adj pole
- beanstalk — the stem of a bean plant
- featherweight — a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a bantamweight and a lightweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 126 pounds (57 kg).
- lank — (of plants) unduly long and slender: lank grass; lank, leafless trees.
Top questions with pole
- where is the north pole?
- what is north of the north pole?
- how to build a pole barn?
- how to string a fishing pole?
- what time is it in the north pole?
- how to set up a fishing pole?
- how to pole dance?
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- what ocean does the north pole lie in?
- how to put fishing line on a pole?
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- how to attach flag to pole?
- what is the south pole?
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