"telegraph post" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: telegraph posts [plural]
Etymology: From their original purpose of carrying telegraph lines, first used around 1843 by William Fothergill Cooke. Head templates: {{en-noun}} telegraph post (plural telegraph posts)
  1. A pole, usually wooden, that carries telephone lines above a street. Wikipedia link: telegraph post Categories (topical): Telegraphy, Telephony Translations (pole that carries telephone lines): عَمُود البَرِيد (ʕamūd al-barīd) [masculine] (Arabic), 電線桿 (Chinese Mandarin), 电线杆 (diànxiàngǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), puhelinpylväs (Finnish), poteau télégraphique [masculine] (French), Telegraphenmast [masculine] (German), Leitungsmast [masculine] (German), palo del telegrafo [masculine] (Italian), 電柱 (denchū) (alt: でんちゅう) (Japanese), телегра́фный столб (telegráfnyj stolb) [masculine] (Russian), telegrafastafäd (Volapük)

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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "pole that carries telephone lines",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "palo del telegrafo"
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          "roman": "telegráfnyj stolb",
          "sense": "pole that carries telephone lines",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "телегра́фный столб"
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      "sense": "pole that carries telephone lines",
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      "sense": "pole that carries telephone lines",
      "word": "電柱"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "telegráfnyj stolb",
      "sense": "pole that carries telephone lines",
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      "word": "телегра́фный столб"
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      "code": "vo",
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      "sense": "pole that carries telephone lines",
      "word": "telegrafastafäd"
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