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Main Entry:	pole [pohl] Show IPA/poʊl/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	bar, post
Synonyms:	beam, extremity, flagpole, flagstaff, leg, mast, pile, plank, rod, shaft, spar, staff, stake, standard, stave, stick, stilt, stud, terminus

Main Entry:	axle
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	shaft around which wheels rotate
Synonyms:	arbor, axis, gudgeon, mandrel, pin, pivot, pole, rod, shaft, spindle, stalk, stem, support
Notes:	axel is the figure-skating jump; axle is the pin or rod between two wheels

Main Entry:	bar
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	rod; straight length of material
Synonyms:	batten, billet, boom, crossbar, crosspiece, ingot, lever, paling, pig, pole, rail, rib, rule, shaft, slab, spar, spoke, stake, stick, streak, strip, stripe, stroke

Example Sentences

Anything she had to say atop the pole was drowned out by the spectators and traffic.

The short answer is: if you are low on the totem pole the boss has the power so you have to do what he/she wants.

The second one was shot when climbing on a pole to take down a turkish flag.

Anything she had to say atop the pole was drowned out by the spectators and traffic.

The short answer is: if you are low on the totem pole the boss has the power so you have to do what he/she wants.

The second one was shot when climbing on a pole to take down a turkish flag.

Magnets are remarkable exemplars of fairness-each north pole is invariably accompanied by a counterbalancing south pole.

Cook described the pole in a way that was verified by all the people who came after him.

Make a short one if you grow bush beans, or as tall a bean pyramid as stick-length will allow if you're growing pole beans.

Then clip the single support pole into place and unzip the tent's top vents with the convenient stiff handles.

The result is a pole with an irregular interior surface that weighs less than a pole that is smooth metal on the inside.

It appears to be speared by a lightning rod or on a separate pole attached to the rod.

In a traditional turbine the blades are in front of the pole and also of the nacelle-the structure that houses the generator.

What is called evaporation leaves an empty six pole or six sided wax structure.

The backs of vertebrates evolved as a kind of horizontal pole under which guts were slung.

Pole beans climb a trellis at the west end of the row.

The spring is meant to reduce jarring in the hands, arms and torso as the pole hits the ground.

There are photos to illustrate this, a big messy nest of wires from pole to pole.

The point is, when one begins their working career one does not know where in the food chain/totem pole they will get to.

There are pole and equator shifts cities are buried under the ocean they're all over the world.

However, the first panel remained attached to its pole only by a single hook at the top.

Pole beans, peas, and indeterminate tomatoes also need to be trained on some sort of structure.

In the pole vault, one day you're sky-high, the next day you're sunk in a no-height nightmare.

It is as thought kumquats hung from the lodge pole pine trees.

In the absence of their pole star, markets elsewhere had to steer by themselves.

Hops are a vining plant so be sure to have some form of trellis or pole for them to grow upon.

After all, there are people who catch lots of fish standing on shore with only one fishing pole.

The other problem with these situations is there is little recourse for people low down the totem pole.

Your body may spin a bit from left to right but your core should not move relative to the imaginary pole.

But the greasy pole is getting harder to climb and, once you've climbed it, harder to cling on.

Pole shifting is a fascinating and important process in geological history, but will have nothing to do with the.

These however tend to react somewhat more negatively when you tie them to a pole when going off on a holiday.

Miles away, the power-line workers chose that exact moment to reel in the wires to the top of the pole.

Mounted on a garden pole or rooftop, these weather vanes are reminders of the heron's beauty.

Magnets are remarkable exemplars of fairness-every north pole is invariably.

Repeated imaging of the dwarf planet has now shown that its north pole has brightened and its south pole has darkened over.

Plug your laptop to a wall, house or pole to share your files.

The formations appear during the spring in a region near the planet's south pole dense with unusual features.

Since then, many other studies have confirmed that it once may have been possible to ski from pole to pole.

If, of course, those magnets are placed in their repellent pole to pole positions.

Advertisers, by and large, will not touch user-generated content with a barge pole.

The same thumb damage can result during a fall while skiing, from the torque of the pole strap.

Thirty feet up, a camera mounted on a telephone pole swivels toward him.

Boys will be boys, and any stick or pole they pick up becomes a gun, complete with pew pew noises.

My attempts to disguise myself were generally fruitless, and maybe it was due to their recognition of the mirror pole.

It's the auditory equivalent of the barber shop pole that appears to be moving but isn't.

Penn-only a glowing globe atop a metal pole casting its electric illumination on the pavement.

Main Entry:	beam
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	length of material used as support
Synonyms:	axle, bail, balk, bolster, boom, brace, cantilever, column, crossbar, crosspiece, girder, jamb, joist, lath, lintel, pile, piling, pillar, plank, pole, post, prop, rafter, reach, scaffolding, scantling, shaft, sill, spar, stanchion, stay, stringer, strip, strut, stud, timber, transverse, trestle, two-by-four

Main Entry:	cane
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	stick to aid walking of disabled
Synonyms:	pikestaff, pole, rod, staff, vade mecum, walking stick

Main Entry:	extreme
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	ultimate; limit
Synonyms:	acme, apex, apogee, bitter end, boundary, ceiling, climax, consummation, crest, crown, culmination, depth, edge, end, excess, extremity, height, inordinancy, maximum, nadir, nth degree, peak, pinnacle, pole, termination, top, utmost, uttermost, zenith

Main Entry:	extremity
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	ultimate; limit
Synonyms:	acme, acuteness, adversity, apex, apogee, border, bound, boundary, brim, brink, butt, climax, consummation, crisis, depth, dire straits, disaster, edge, end, excess, extreme, extremes, frontier, height, last, margin, maximum, nadir, outside, pinnacle, plight, pole, remote, rim, setback, terminal, termination, terminus, tip, top, trouble, verge, vertex, zenith

Main Entry:	leg
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	appendage used for support
Synonyms:	brace, column, lap, limb, member, part, pile, pole, portion, post, prop, section, segment, shank, stage, stake, stilt, stretch, stump, support, upright

Main Entry:	paddle
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	item used for propelling object
Synonyms:	oar, paddlewheel, pole, propeller, pull, scull, sweep

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