telephone pole

noun

chiefly US
: a tall wooden pole that supports the wires of a telephone system

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In a car crash involving a telephone pole, his head hit the windshield. — Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 7 Oct. 2026 There have been crashes into the wall complete with smoke and fire, crashes into the telephone pole, or crashes straight into the bed of her husband's truck. — Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 Within an hour, his father’s home floated up like a bobber on a fishing line and then sailed down the middle of the road before veering into a telephone pole and cracking in half. — Ren Larson, ProPublica, 2 Sep. 2026 There’s a second camera, pointing north, affixed to the side of a telephone pole. — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for telephone pole

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“Telephone pole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telephone%20pole. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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