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1. A long (usually round) rod of wood, metal or plastic
    
2. One of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions
   "they are at opposite poles"; "they are poles apart"
    
3. One of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere
   - celestial pole
    
4. One of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface
    
5. A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
   - terminal
    
6. A long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting
    
7. One of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated
   - magnetic pole
    
8. [Brit] A linear measure of 16.5 feet
   - perch [Brit, archaic], rod [Brit]
    
9. A square rod of land
   - perch, rod

1. Propel with a pole
   "pole barges on the river";
   - punt
    
2. Support on poles
   "pole climbing plants like beans"
    
3. (metallurgy) deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole

1. A native or inhabitant of Poland

Sounds like: plums, p, pole, pol

Derived forms: poles, Poles, poling, poled

Type of: area unit, celestial point, contact, deoxidise [Brit], deoxidize, end, European, geographic point, geographical point, hold, hold up, impel, linear measure, linear unit, opinion, persuasion, propel, reduce, rod, sentiment, sports implement, square measure, support, sustain, tangency, terminal, thought, view

Part of: battery, electric battery, electrical device, furlong, magnet, Poland, Polska, Republic of Poland

Encyclopedia: Pole, Reginald