pylon

About 0.23 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple.
2. noun A tower-like structure, usually one of a series, used to support high-voltage electricity cables.
3. noun A pillar used to support a bridge.
4. noun A tall steel or concrete tower from which cables are strung.
5. noun A lighting mast; a freestanding support for floodlights.
6. noun A structure used to mount engines, missiles etc., to the underside of an aircraft wing or fuselage.
7. noun A starting derrick for an aeroplane.
8. noun A post, tower, etc. as on an aerodrome, or flying ground, serving to bound or mark a prescribed course of flight.

Similar words

pedestal tower rack rig rook torre pastophorium adyt lotus adytum

Often followed by

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Word family

pylons