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# flagpole

«flagpole» in Mova's school dictionary: **a tall pole on which a flag is raised** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (flagpole, flagpoles)

### meaning for a pupil

A flagpole is a tall pole on which a flag is raised. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flagpole/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, schools and public buildings have flagpoles; flags are flown at half-mast to show sadness. In maths, flagpoles appear in height and shadow problems. Phrases: «raise a flag up the flagpole», «at the top of the flagpole», «half-mast».

### examples

- The flag flew at the top of the flagpole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flagpole/#x1)
- We raised the school flag up the flagpole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flagpole/#x2)
- The flagpole is ten metres tall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flagpole/#x3)
- The flag was lowered to half-mast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flagpole/#x4)
- A bird sat on top of the flagpole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flagpole/#x5)
- The flagpole's shadow got shorter at midday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flagpole/#x6)
- Don't climb the flagpole! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flagpole/#x7)

### note

Compound word: flag + pole. Also «flagstaff». In maths, flagpoles appear in measuring problems: heights in metres; the shadow is shortest around midday.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «flagpole» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flagpole/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.