Pole Opposite Tent Ski Noun Bre Pəʊl Poʊl

• a tent pole
• a ski pole
• a curtain pole
• the north/south pole

pole

1. a long thin straight piece of wood or metal, especially one with the end placed in the ground, used as a support
• see also bargepole
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/bargepole
• a tent pole
• a ski pole
• a curtain pole
2. either of the two points at the opposite ends of the line on which the earth or any other planet turns
• the North/South Pole
3. either of the two ends of a magnet, or the positive or negative points of an electric battery
4. either of two opposite or contrasting extremes
• Their opinions were at opposite poles of the debate.
5. to be widely separated; to have no interests that you share
• Her own friends were poles apart from his.
6. used to refer to the difficult way to the top of a profession
7. to refuse to get involved with somebody/something or in a particular situation
• Personally, I wouldn’t touch him or his business with a bargepole.
8. crazy
• See related entries: Describing strange traits
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/describing_strange_traits/pole

Extra Examples

• In temperament, she and her sister are poles apart.
• The meridian is an imaginary line drawn from pole to pole.
• The north magnetic pole lies to the west of the geographic North Pole.
• The two authors represent the opposite poles of fictional genius
• an artistic compromise between the poles of abstraction and representation
• A punt is a boat that you move by pushing a long pole against the bottom of the river.
• I stood resting on my ski poles and watched her come down the slope.
• The tent poles are made of aluminium
• a fishing pole

Word Origin

• noun sense 1 and up the pole. late Old English pāl (in early use without reference to thickness or length), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch paal and German Pfahl, based on Latin palus ‘stake’. noun senses 2 to 4 and be poles apart. late Middle English: from Latin polus ‘end of an axis’, from Greek polos ‘pivot, axis, sky’.