Phrase Hound found 93 phrases and 61 compound words that contain poles. The most common are listed below. Open poles in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 93
- poles apartTotally opposite.
- poles of coldplural of pole of cold: Either of the places in the southern and northern hemispheres where the lowest air temperatures have been recorded.
- fire polesplural of fire pole: A fixed metal pole, installed in a multi-storey building or firehouse, that allows the occupants to quickly descend floors.
- hiking polesplural of hiking pole: A pole used to assist walkers with their rhythm and provide stability on rough terrain.
- light polesplural of light pole: Synonym of streetlight (“any large outdoor light used to illuminate a public area”).
- magnetic polesplural of magnetic pole: Either of the two points, near the ends of a magnet, at which the magnetic lines of force converge.
- may-polesplural of may-pole: A pole, garlanded with streamers held by people who dance around it to celebrate May Day.
- shame polesplural of shame pole: A totem pole set up to shame someone for a misdeed or an unpaid debt.
- ski polesplural of ski pole: A slender stick used by skiers in both hands to improve speed and balance.
- telegraph polesplural of telegraph pole: A telegraph post
- telephone polesplural of telephone pole: A utility pole that supports telephone lines.
- utility polesplural of utility pole: 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 …
- trolley polesplural of trolley pole: A pole of wood or metal, used to transfer electricity from an overhead wire to power a tram, streetcar or trolley bus.
- trekking polesplural of trekking pole: A pole used to assist walkers with their rhythm and provide stability on rough terrain.
- celestial polesplural of celestial pole: An imaginary point situated where a planet's axis intersects the celestial sphere.
- totem polesplural of totem pole: A Native American sculpture found in the Pacific Northwest, made by carving trees, and usually displaying symbolic figures that represent clan lineage, cultural beliefs, or historical events.
- animal polesplural of animal pole: The hemisphere of the blastula which eventually gives rise to the three germ layers and is composed of small cells that are in a state of rapid division.
- barber polesplural of barber pole: A type of sign indicating a barber's shop, most traditionally a pole with a helix of red and white stripes, in the US including blue, sometimes moving.
- bare polesThe condition of a sailing boat when all of its sails have been taken in.
- bean polesplural of bean pole: A thin pole for supporting bean vines.
- boom polesplural of boom pole: A long pole with a microphone attached, used to record participants who are being filmed while allowing the operator to stay out of the shot.
- bush polesplural of bush pole: A pole or other length of wood found or gathered in the bush, as used for basic construction, support etc.; now also a piece of timber designed to resemble such a pole.
- carriage polesplural of carriage pole: Synonym of pole (“a construction by which an animal is harnessed to a carriage”).
- carrying polesplural of carrying pole: A yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load.
- catch-polesplural of catch-pole: Alternative form of catchpole (“an implement formerly used for seizing and securing a person who would otherwise be out of reach”)
Compound words 61
- flagpolesplural of flagpole: A tall pole up which one or more flags may be raised and flown.
- tadpolesplural of tadpole: A young toad or frog in its larval stage of development that lives in water, has a tail and no legs, and, like a fish, breathes through gills.
- monopolesplural of monopole: An appellation owned by a single winery.
- polestarAlternative form of pole star: The star visible to the naked eye which was in the past, is now, or will be in the future nearest a celestial pole of a planet.
- multipolesplural of multipole: Any of a several forms of static or oscillating distributions of charge or magnetization
- PolesworthA large village and civil parish in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SK2602).
- metropolesplural of metropole: A metropolis; the main city of a country or area.
- epipolesplural of epipole: The intersection of two polar lines
- anapolesplural of anapole: An electromagnetic moment found in certain atomic nuclei
- antipolesplural of antipole: The opposite pole.