utility pole

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Noun

A utility pole with transformers

utility pole (plural utility poles)

  1. 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.
    • 2023, Brandon Taylor, The Late Americans, Jonathan Cape, page 34:
      A utility pole shone yellow like a sick bruise high up over them.
    • 2026 February 9, Jon Caramanica, “Bad Bunny Super Bowl Halftime Review: A History Lesson Full of Puerto Rican Pride”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 9 February 2026:
      The Super Bowl rendition began with workers falling from utility poles in a flash of sparks, a nod to the blackouts that crippled the U.S. territory for several months following Hurricane Maria in 2017. […] In one segment, Bad Bunny performed “El Apagón” atop a replica utility pole.

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