Associations to the word «Flagpole»

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Wiktionary

FLAGPOLE, noun. A tall pole up which one or more flags may be raised and flown.

Dictionary definition

FLAGPOLE, noun. Surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide; used for sightings by surveyors.
FLAGPOLE, noun. A tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats