pylon
noun
a marking post or tower for guiding aviators, frequently used in races.
pylons
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pluralof pylon.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Ten minutes and a flutter of scissor kicks later, my thighs felt like concrete pylons, and my hip flexors, which I was previously unacquainted with, were screaming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
The firm has issued computer-simulated images of what its new pylons could look like.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Installing more, bigger pylons to ship the electricity to England, where the bulk of the UK's population is, or bring the largest consumers of that electricity closer to the generators.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
"Underground excavations have compromised ground stability, placing substations, transformers, pylons and transmission towers at risk," City Power spokesman Isaac Mangena said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
For this was what he’d vowed as a corollary of his main aim — to study until he could see the pylons of the Golden Gate Bridge.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
