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1. The place where people vote

1. An inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
   - opinion poll, public opinion poll, canvass
    
2. The counting of votes (as in an election)
    
3. A tame parrot
   - poll parrot
    
4. A vote to select the winner of a position or political office
   "the results of the poll will be announced tonight";
   - election
    
5. A place where voters cast ballots
   "The polls close at 8 p.m."
    
6. The top of the head
   - pate, crown, vertex
    
7. The part of the head between the ears

1. Get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
   - canvass
    
2. Vote in an election at a polling station
    
3. Get the votes of
    
4. Convert into a pollard
   "poll trees";
   - pollard
    
5. Remove the horns of (an animal)

Sounds like: polls

Type of: acquire, clip, count, counting, crop, cut back, dress, enquiry [Brit, Cdn], enumeration, get, inquiry, lop, numeration, parrot, place, position, prune, reckoning, research, snip, survey, tally, top, top side, trim, upper side, upside, vote

Part of: cow, Equus caballus, horse, human head, moo-cow [informal]

Encyclopedia: Polls