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Meanings of telephone pole in English

Spanish
poste telefónico
Wikidata

Pole, which carries overhead telephone lines.

poste telefónico
Catalan
pal de telèfons

Tall pole supporting telephone wires.

pal de telèfons
Synonyms
Examples for "telegraph pole"
Examples for "telegraph pole"
1
Arizona would hang him to the first telegraph pole that was handy.
Steve Yeager
2
A telegraph pole was near, and he leaned against it for support.
A Knight of the Nineteenth Century
3
Mr. Bordine was hurled out against a telegraph pole and severely injured.
Five Thousand Dollars Reward
4
She is now eighty-three years old, and erect as a telegraph pole.
The Fiend's Delight
5
Many times I've seen him sitting on top of a telegraph pole.
The Burgess Bird Book for Children
1
Evidently to make sure of the range of some telegraph post.
London to Ladysmith via Pretoria
2
Compared with the telegraph post the pines were crooked-andalive.
Alarms and Discursions
3
Steinmetz tumbled heavily out of his furs and went toward the nearest telegraph post.
The Sowers
4
Suddenly a telegraph post seemed to come crashing through the window and the polished mahogany panels.
The Vanished Messenger
5
Come, let us both curse the telegraph post for entirely different reasons and get home before it is dark.
Alarms and Discursions
Usage of telephone pole in English
1
I increased my pace and wobbled from telephone pole to telephone pole.
Welcome to the N.H.K.
2
Kind of like parking a car by crashing into a telephone pole.
Climbing Magazine
3
They came to the dead bear at the foot of the telephone pole.
Under the dome: a novel
4
He led her through the crowd, over to a telephone pole.
The Fireman
5
A telephone pole on the crest stretched out spectral arms and leaned away.
Stubble
6
A bus exploded into flames and crashed into a telephone pole.
The Fireman
7
He then literally hung Matson up a telephone pole to await the Coppers.
Wired
8
Thirty feet up, a camera mounted on a telephone pole swivels toward him.
Wired
9
Isn't that a man standing up there by that telephone pole?
Quill's Window
10
Mark was seriously injured as he was crushed between the Jeep and telephone pole.
Evidence of the afterlife: the science of near-death experiences
11
A light high on a telephone pole shone weakly on the empty parking lot.
Pandemonium
12
Some birds flew to the top of a telephone pole.
Pretty Little Liars
13
The telephone pole swims closer and nearly fills the windshield.
Black house
14
Sometime during the night, a telephone pole had pierced the wall-crossbeams ,wiresand all.
Rebel island
15
Okay, now I'm about to run into a telephone pole.
Wired
16
The driver pulled over at the next white-painted telephone pole.
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Translations for telephone pole