telegraph pole

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Related topics: Telephone, telegraph

ˈtelegraph ˌpole noun [countable]  British EnglishTCT a tall wooden pole for supporting telephone wires 电话线杆 SYN American English telephone pole

Examples from the Corpus

telegraph pole• From the feel of it she thought it could be a telegraph pole.• She felt rigid like a telegraph pole, communicating perfectly, functioning flawlessly, but with no heart, no soul.• A greater-spotted woodpecker zooms in on a telegraph pole on the lane.

ˈtelegraph ˌpole nounChineseSyllable  

pole a supporting for tall wooden Corpus

telegraph pole
ˈtelegraph ˌpole noun [countable]
British English a tall wooden pole for supporting telephone wires
   SYN  telephone pole American English

telegraph poleBrE /ˈtelɪɡrɑːf pəʊl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtelɪɡræf poʊl/ 🔊 (BrE) (NAmE ˈtelephone post) nouna tall wooden pole used for carrying telephone or telegraph wires high above the ground （电话或电报线路的）电线杆