English Explanatory Dictionary

telegraph post

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A pole, usually wooden, that carries telephone lines above a street.

Word forms

telegraph post telegraph posts

Etymology

From their original purpose of carrying telegraph lines, first used around 1843 by William Fothergill Cooke.

Synonyms

telegraph pole telephone pole utility pole
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