"utility pole" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: utility poles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} utility pole (plural utility poles)
  1. A tall cylinder, often made from the trunk of a tree, usually topped by a cross beam, used by a public utility to carry wire, cable or conduit through the air, for the transportation of electricity, cable television, telephone or similar services. Wikipedia link: utility pole Categories (topical): Electricity, Telephony, Television Synonyms: telegraph pole, telephone pole, hydro pole [Canada] Related terms: transmission tower Translations (tall cylinder): عَمُود كَهْرَباء (ʕamūd kahrabāʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), 電線桿 (Chinese Mandarin), 电线杆 (diànxiàngān) (Chinese Mandarin), 電線杆子 (Chinese Mandarin), 电线杆子 (diànxiàngānzi) (Chinese Mandarin), 電杆 (Chinese Mandarin), 电杆 (diàngān) (Chinese Mandarin), 電桿 (Chinese Mandarin), 电杆 (diàngǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), telefonmast [common-gender] (Danish), telefonpæl [common-gender] (Danish), fosto (Esperanto), sähköpylväs (Finnish), puhelinpylväs (Finnish), sähkötolppa (Finnish), pylône électrique [masculine] (French), Freileitungsmast [masculine] (German), Strommast [masculine] (German), વીજથાંભલો (vījthā̃bhlo) (Gujarati), tiang utilitas (Indonesian), palo del telefono [masculine] (Italian), palo del telegrafo [masculine] (Italian), 電柱 (denchū) (alt: でんちゅう) (Japanese), 鉄塔 (tettō) (alt: てっとう) (Japanese), 전봇(電報)대 (jeonbotdae) (Korean), tiang utiliti (Malay), pou hiko (Maori), słup telefoniczny [masculine] (Polish), poste [masculine] (Portuguese), электрический столб (električeskij stolb) [masculine] (Russian), телеграфный столб (telegrafnyj stolb) [masculine] (Russian), poste telefónico [masculine] (Spanish), stolpe [common-gender] (Swedish), poste (Tagalog), електричний стовп (elektryčnyj stovp) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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      "code": "uk",
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