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- pylon 1b
1
a
: a usually massive gateway
b
: an ancient Egyptian gateway building in a truncated pyramidal form
c
: a monumental mass flanking an entranceway or an approach to a bridge
2
a
chiefly British
: a tower for supporting either end of usually a number of wires over a long span
b
: any of various towerlike structures
3
a
: a post or tower marking a prescribed course of flight for an airplane
b
c
: one of the flexible upright markers positioned on a football field at the corners of the end zone
4
: a rigid structure on the outside of an aircraft for supporting something (such as an engine or missile) see airplane illustration
Examples of pylon in a Sentence
The bridge is supported by concrete pylons.
a row of electricity pylons
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The Packers went with a Cover 0 defense for the second straight play, and with the Green Bay pass rush coming down on him, Williams knew that Walker, who caught his first pass of the season on the team’s first drive, would be open running toward the back pylon.
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Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2025
Bounces off tackle, and beats the defenders to pylon with a dive for 38-yard score.
—Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2025
Sanders piled up 364 passing yards and three touchdowns, plus a late rushing score, a 60-yard dagger to Jerry Jeudy, and two sharp red-zone throws to the back pylon.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
The quarterback scrambled to his left and dove toward the pylon and hit it on his way down.
—Cody Thorn, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Dec. 2025
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Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2025
Bounces off tackle, and beats the defenders to pylon with a dive for 38-yard score.
—Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2025
Sanders piled up 364 passing yards and three touchdowns, plus a late rushing score, a 60-yard dagger to Jerry Jeudy, and two sharp red-zone throws to the back pylon.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
The quarterback scrambled to his left and dove toward the pylon and hit it on his way down.
—Cody Thorn, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Dec. 2025
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“Pylon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pylon. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.
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pylon
noun
py·lon
ˈpī-ˌlän 
-lən
1
: a tower for supporting a long span of wire
also
: any of various structures like a tower
2
: a post or tower marking a prescribed course of flight for an airplane
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