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Word entry · 5 letters

pylon

Best crossword clue

"Power-line tower"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈpaɪ.lɒn/Part of speech nounSorted lnopyStarts with PEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
1P2Y3L4O5N

Definitions

  1. a large vertical steel tower supporting high-tension power lines

Word origin

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πυλών (pulṓn, “gateway”).

Used in a sentence

  • After two pylonless months, July's pylon comes all the way from the hills outside Wellington, New Zealand.
  • The Washington Monument is often described as an obelisk, and sometimes even as a “true obelisk,” even though it is not. A true obelisk is a monolith, a pylon formed out of a single piece of stone.
  • The defensemen have been total pylons tonight!

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