telephone pole

noun

1. a utility pole for supporting telephone wires.

Word History and Origins

Origin of telephone pole¹

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

Example Sentences

Glass shattered, roadways crumbled, and telephone poles toppled.

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Aim at the telephone pole above this turn…Down the straight, brake later, and harder, than you think you need to.

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“If telephone poles sunk into the soil worked for 75 years, why do we need to build Hitler’s bunker under the sand?”

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“A handwritten sign on a wall, a name on a doorplate, a flyer on a telephone pole, or an unusual magazine at a newsstand would spin me toward a story.”

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A cellphone video he recorded shows a towering column of flame, taller than a nearby telephone pole, billowing and rippling.

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