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flagpole

/ˈflæɡˌpoʊl/

flagpole noun: a tall pole up which one or more flags may be raised and flown.

flagpole: a tall pole up which one or more flags may be raised and flown
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Noun

flagpole (plural flagpoles)

  1. A tall pole up which one or more flags may be raised and flown.
    Synonyms:
    flagstaff

Verb

flagpole (third-person singular simple present flagpoles, present participle flagpoling, simple past and past participle flagpoled)

  1. (Canada, rare) To exit a country momentarily and reenter, usually in order to satisfy immigration requirements.
    • I understand immigrating to Canada is getting harder and harder. [The difficulty of navigating bureaucracy] might be a way to let people fall between the cracks. I really don't know. The hoops immigrants have to go through, such as flagpoling. And I don't have any political representatives. I...2016, Beyhan Farhadi, “Identity and the City: Thinking Through Diversity”, in Jay Pitter, John Lorinc, editors, Subdivided: City-Building in an Age of Hyper-Diversity

flagpole meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Tagalog

flagpole in Hindi

pole for flags
ध्वजदंड dhvajdaṇḍ

flagpole in Tamil

pole for flags
கொடிக்கம்பம் koṭikkampam

flagpole in Bengali

pole for flags
পতাকাদণ্ড potakadonḍo

flagpole in Tagalog

pole for flags
tagdan ng bandila
More languagesFewer languages
flagpole in Arabic
سَارِيَةْ العَلَم sāriyat al-ʕalam
flagpole in Malay
tiang bendera
flagpole in Indonesian
tiang bendera
flagpole in Persian
میله پرچم milah-e parčam
flagpole in Thai
เสาธง sǎo-tong
flagpole in Vietnamese
cột cờ
flagpole in Myanmar
အလံတိုင် a.lamtuing

Examples of flagpole in a sentence

  • The idea might not be so bad; why don't you run it up the flagpole at the next board meeting?
  • At this time, families with boys hang koinobori from flagpoles in their yard.
  • Each male in the family is represented by a koinobori on the flagpole.

All 12 example sentences with flagpole

Synonyms of flagpole

Forms of flagpole

Noun
pluralflagpoles
alternative formflag pole
Verb
third-person singular presentflagpoles
present participleflagpoling
past participleflagpoled
pastflagpoled

Plural of flagpole: flagpoles

Origin of flagpole

From flag + pole.

Words formed from flagpole

Phrases with flagpole

Questions about flagpole

What does flagpole mean?
Flagpole means a tall pole up which one or more flags may be raised and flown.
What is flagpole in Hindi?
Flagpole in Hindi is ध्वजदंड (dhvajdaṇḍ). See Flagpole meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is flagpole?
Flagpole can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce flagpole?
Flagpole is pronounced /ˈflæɡˌpoʊl/ (US).
What is the plural of flagpole?
The plural of flagpole is flagpoles.

Words near flagpole in the dictionary

  1. flagonless
  2. flagons
  3. flagpeople
  4. flagperson
  5. flagpersons
  6. flagpole
  7. flagpoled
  8. flagpoles
  9. flagpoling
  10. flagpost
  11. flagposts

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