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bean-pole

bean-pole is the alternative form of beanpole.

Meaning of beanpole

Noun

beanpole (plural beanpoles)

  1. A thin pole for supporting bean vines.
    Synonyms:
    bean-stick
  2. (informal) A tall, thin person.
    • Youth worker Rob, 25, is 5’ 3” tall but measures 6’ 6” around his girth – just an inch less than the height of England’s beanpole striker Peter Crouch.2012 March 7, Richard Smith, “I'm wider than I am tall: 35 stone Rob measures 6ft 6in around his waist”, in Daily Mirror, archived from the original on 16 May 2026

Forms of bean-pole

pluralbean-poles

Questions about bean-pole

What is bean-pole the alternative form of?
Bean-pole is the alternative form of beanpole.

Words near bean-pole in the dictionary

  1. bean-like
  2. bean-mice
  3. bean-mouse
  4. bean-plot
  5. bean-plots
  6. bean-pole
  7. bean-poles
  8. bean-shaped plasma
  9. bean-shaped plasmas
  10. bean-shooter
  11. bean-shooters

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