Overview of noun pole

The noun pole has 10 senses

• pole -- (a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic)


• Pole -- (a native or inhabitant of Poland)


• pole -- (one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions; "they are at opposite poles"; "they are poles apart")


• perch, rod, pole -- (a linear measure of 16.5 feet)


• perch, rod, pole -- (a square rod of land)


• pole, celestial pole -- (one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere)


• pole -- (one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface)


• terminal, pole -- (a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves)


• pole -- (a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting)


• pole, magnetic pole -- (one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated)

Overview of verb pole

The verb pole has 3 senses

• punt, pole -- (propel with a pole; "pole barges on the river"; "We went punting in Cambridge")


• pole -- (support on poles; "pole climbing plants like beans")


• pole -- (deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole)