power pole
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power pole (plural power poles)
- A vertical pole of concrete, wood or steel that carries electric power cables.
- Synonyms: electrical pole, electric pole, electricity pole, hydro pole
- Coordinate terms: telegraph pole, telephone pole, phone pole, cable pole, television pole, TV pole, cable TV pole, cable television pole, landline pole, clothesline pole
- Coordinate terms: power line, power cable, power, electrical power, electric power, electricity
- Hypernyms: utility pole, utilities pole, service pole, pole
- A kind of modern anchor on the back of a boat, often one of a pair, that looks like an antenna and goes down on demand to hold the vessel in place.
Translations edit
A pole that carries power cables — see utility pole