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POHL/pəʊl/

A pole is a long thin stick of wood or metal, or the North or South Pole: a tent pole; magnetic pole. Polar is the adjective; poll is a survey (already in the dictionary). Plot distance from the pole on the climate graph. Mix-up: poll / polar / Poland (Polish). Do not write pole for a survey result.

Meaning

A long thin stick of wood or metal; also the North or South Pole.

Examples

• “Plot distance from the pole on the climate graph, not a tent-pole brand.”
• “A flag pole featured in the site sketch, which is the stick sense.”

Good to know

the North / South / magnetic pole; a tent / flag pole. Adjective: polar. Trap: poll (survey). Geography, physics, and fieldwork. Stick, or end of the Earth’s axis.

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