telephone pole

noun
a utility pole for supporting telephone wires.

Origin:
1880–85, Americanism

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telephone pole

noun
tall pole supporting telephone wires 
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Telephone pole is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example sentences
The structures-a wood platform mounted on top of a tall telephone pole-tower
  above the desert.
Connect a wire from a telephone pole or underground cable access to the
  dwelling or booth.
Never retrieve a kite caught on a power line, telephone pole or light pole.
The car came past his house, made a loud noise and swerved into the telephone
  pole.
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