hop pole

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   a tall pole to support the wires on which the hop plant is trained

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Questions about hop pole

What does hop pole mean?

hop pole means "a tall pole to support the wires on which the hop plant is trained".

Is hop pole a common word?

hop pole is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.