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say it: pohl
pole is a noun and verb meaning "a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic". It is pronounced /ˈpoʊl/ — pohl. It carries 13 recorded senses.
a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions
“they are at opposite poles”
“they are poles apart”
a linear measure of 16.5 feet
United Kingdom
one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere
one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface
a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting
one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for pole come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.