pole in English: A long thin round piece of wood or metal, often standing up straight to hold something. The North Pole and South Pole are the two ends of the Earth. (noun)

Translation

A long thin round piece of wood or metal, often standing up straight to hold something. The North Pole and South Pole are the two ends of the Earth.

Word origin

The long stick sense comes from Old English pal, borrowed from Latin palus, a stake. The North and South sense is a different word, from Greek polos, an axis.

Origin: Latin
Root: palus

Grammar

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Examples

.

Here "pole" is the long straight piece of wood or metal.

pegs.

A tent pole is the long stick that holds a tent up.

Polar .

Here "Pole" means one of the two ends of the Earth.

Related words

stick

To join something to another thing so it stays there and will not fall off.

flag

A piece of cloth with colours or a pattern on it, used as the sign of a country, a group or a team.

line

A long thin mark, or a row of people or things one behind the other.

north

The direction that is on your left when you face the rising sun. It is the opposite of south.

south

The direction that is on your right when you face the rising sun. It is the opposite of north.

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