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telegraph poles

telegraph poles is the plural of telegraph pole.

Meaning of telegraph pole

Noun

telegraph pole (plural telegraph poles)

  1. 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

Questions about telegraph poles

What is telegraph poles the plural of?
Telegraph poles is the plural of telegraph pole.

Words near telegraph poles in the dictionary

  1. telegraph operators
  2. telegraph plant
  3. telegraph plants
  4. Telegraph Point
  5. telegraph pole
  6. telegraph poles
  7. telegraph post
  8. telegraph posts
  9. telegraph stamp
  10. telegraph stamps
  11. telegraph wire

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