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How to pronounce “pole”

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Pronunciation guide for pole

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of pole with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: The First Women-Powered Trek to the South Poleto reach the South Pole in a human-powered expedition
Definition summary: Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.

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The First Women-Powered Trek to the South Pole

to reach the South Pole in a human-powered expedition

[Noun]
Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
A construction by which an animal is harnessed to a carriage.
(fishing) A type of basic fishing rod.
A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used.
(slang, spotting) A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.
(historical) A unit of length, equal to a rod (1⁄4 chain or 5+1⁄2 yards).
(motor racing) A pole position.
(US, African-American Vernacular, slang) A rifle.
(vulgar, slang) A penis.
[Verb]
To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.
To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.
(transitive) To furnish with poles for support.
(transitive) To convey on poles.
(transitive) To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.
(transitive, baseball) To strike (the ball) very hard.
(transitive, metallurgy) To treat (copper) by blowing natural gas or other reducing agent through the molten oxide, burning off the oxygen.