Word.ws English Dictionary

poy

poy noun: a support structure.

Noun

poy (plural poys)

  1. A support structure.
  2. A balancing pole used by tightrope walkers.
  3. A long pole, normally with a hook, used to push barges upstream.

Forms of poy

pluralpoys

Origin of poy

From Old French poi (“small hill”), from Latin podium.

Questions about poy

What does poy mean?
Poy means a support structure.
What part of speech is poy?
Poy is a noun.
What is the plural of poy?
The plural of poy is poys.

Words near poy in the dictionary

  1. poxvirologist
  2. poxvirologists
  3. poxvirus
  4. poxviruses
  5. poxy
  6. poy
  7. Poyais
  8. Poyaisian
  9. Poyaisians
  10. Poyang
  11. poyarkovite

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: poy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “poy.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/poy. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.