Noun: telegraph pole 'te-lu,grãf pówl
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: telephone pole)
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: telephone pole)
- Tall pole supporting telephone wires
"The car crashed into a telegraph pole, causing a local power outage";
- telephone pole [N. Amer], telegraph post
Derived forms: telegraph poles
Type of: post
Encyclopedia: Telegraph pole