utility pole
Noun
Meaning
A utility pole with transformers
utility pole (plural utility poles)
A tall cylinder, often made from the trunk of a tree, usually topped by a cross beam, used by a public utility to carry wire, cable or conduit through the air, for the transportation of electricity, cable television, telephone or similar services.
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According to troopers, a 2004 Kia Sport ran off the road, struck and embankment, overturned then collided with a utility pole.
State troopers say 55-year-old Anthony L. Smith was killed when the tractor-trailer truck he was driving hit wires hanging over the roadway, a utility pole, then went off the roadway and overturned.
Luzerne County Chief Deputy Coroner Joe Jacobs identified Austin Dobleman, 25, as the driver of a vehicle that crashed into a utility pole and a stone wall on Route 11 after crossing the Carey Avenue Bridge.
A motorist drives under a falled utility pole propped up by a pine tree limb on High Head Road in Harpswell on Wednesday.
Catherine Sandoval, a Santa Clara University School of Law professor, looks at a leaning utility pole during a field trip with members of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) in San Jose, Calif., Monday, May 21, 2018.
Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless is proposing to construct a 46-foot utility pole at 214 DE-26, Bethany Beach, Sussex County, DE.