telegraph pole
telegraph pole noun: a telegraph post.
Noun
telegraph pole (plural telegraph poles)
- A telegraph post
- By the afternoon it seemed as if the storm had passed and that frost was setting in; but in the evening the wind rose to gale force, bringing telegraph poles down like skittles and tangling power and telephone lines.1960 March, “The January blizzard in the North-East of Scotland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 137
Forms of telegraph pole
| plural | telegraph poles |
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Questions about telegraph pole
- What does telegraph pole mean?
- Telegraph pole means a telegraph post.
- What part of speech is telegraph pole?
- Telegraph pole is a noun.
- What is the plural of telegraph pole?
- The plural of telegraph pole is telegraph poles.
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