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# pylon

«pylon» in Mova's school dictionary: **a tall metal tower that holds up thick electricity cables…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a pylon, pylons)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A pylon is a tall metal tower that holds up thick electricity cables high above the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pylon/#m1)

2) In some places (US) a pylon also means a traffic cone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pylon/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and safety lessons pylons carry high-voltage electricity across the country; children are taught never to climb them or fly kites near power lines. Phrases: «electricity pylon», «power lines», «danger of death».

### examples

- Huge pylons carry electricity across the fields. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pylon/#x1)
- Never climb a pylon — the electricity can kill you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pylon/#x2)
- Don't fly a kite near pylons or power lines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pylon/#x3)
- The sign on the pylon said «Danger of death». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pylon/#x4)
- The pylons looked like giant metal people holding hands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pylon/#x5)
- Birds sat on the wires between the pylons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pylon/#x6)

### note

Countable: pylon, pylons. In the UK «pylon» means the electricity tower; in the USA these are often called «transmission towers» or «power line towers». If a power line has fallen down, stay far away and tell an adult.

### In the corpora

- [Never touch an electric fence or climb an electricity pylon; electricity can kill instantly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/21/)
- [A power station turns big machines that push electricity along wires on tall pylons to our homes, at very high voltage.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/27-batteries-circuits-and-how-electricity-flows/14/)
- [Never climb a pylon, and keep kites and drones far away from power lines.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/32-power-stations-and-the-grid/13/)
- [That is why cranes, roofs, pylons and the Eiffel Tower are full of triangles.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/86-building-strong-things/6/)
- [Pylons carry electricity long distances at very high voltage.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/87-electricity-at-home-and-safety/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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