Pole

Stick for vaulting

Pole is three words.

One pole is a long cylindrical object, sometimes planted in the ground, that serves some purpose (flag pole, fishing pole, utility pole).

A second pole designates either of two complementary parts, like the North Pole and the South Pole, or the two poles, positive and negative, of a magnet.

If people or things are poles apart they are in conflict.

The third Pole, capitalized, denotes a person of Polish descent.

nationality

Polish

Smooth to a shine

  • PolandCentral European republic
  • WarsawPoland's largest city
  • KrakowHistoric Polish metropolis

immigrant · heritage · ancestry · Eastern European · Slavic

Categories
Opposites
geographic extremity

Poleequator

Midpoint circle of rotation

tropics · temperate zone · Antarctic · Arctic · South Pole

magnetic/electrical polarity

Poleanode

Oxidation electrode

cathode · neutral · ground

STRUCTURAL ELEMENT (vertical support)

Polebeam

Structural support member

crossbeam · joist · girder · plank · platform

Phrases
Family

polar, poles, polarity, polarizing, poling, polarize, polarized, multipolar, unipolar

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G