telephone pole
Roadside wooden tower
A telephone pole is a tall wooden post that supports overhead wires for telephone, electrical, or cable lines.
Also called a utility pole or power pole.
The poles line roads and streets, connected by drooping wires: The car skidded off the road and hit a telephone pole.
Vertical structural beam
- pylonSupporting structure for wires
- mastVessel's sail support
- columnVertical structural element
- pillarUpright architectural support
stanchion · crossarm · monopole · lattice · beam · upright · framework · scaffold
Utility pole worker
- powerlineElevated electrical conductor
- cableHeavy-duty woven line
- wireThin metallic conductor
- transformerVoltage-altering electrical device
insulator · distribution · infrastructure · grid · service · maintenance · repair · outage
Forceful contact between objects
- crashSudden violent impact
- woodpeckerTree-drilling bird
- rotOrganic breakdown process
- decayGradual organic breakdown
termite · leaning · fallen · storm damage · replacement · creosote · weathering · grounding
post
Vertical structural beam
pillar · stanchion · crossarm · monopole · lattice · beam · upright · framework · scaffold · support
lineman
Utility pole worker
transformer · insulator · distribution · infrastructure · grid · service · maintenance · repair · outage · connection
collision
Forceful contact between objects
- crashSudden violent impact
- woodpeckerTree-drilling bird
- rotOrganic breakdown process
decay · termite · leaning · fallen · storm damage · replacement · creosote · weathering · grounding · electrocution
streetscape
Urban corridor's appearance
intersection · rural · suburban · highway · lane · shoulder · ditch · landscape · eyesore · landmark
- streetscapestreet lamp, street trees, streetlight, street furniture, street light
- posts and polesfence post, flagpole, lamp post, goal post, goalpost
- tall thingsgiraffe, giant, basketball player, Burj Khalifa, titan
- telecom infrastructurecell tower, central office, switchboard, phone line, phone lines
- roadsidehighway, rest stop, interstate, rest area, turnpike
- communication infrastructurephone lines, fiber optics, cable, coaxial cable, ethernet
telephone poleflagpole
Upright banner support
monument · obelisk · statue · totem pole
pole, telephone, bipolar, polarize, polarized, telephony, multipolar, telephonic, telephonist