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What is the noun for pylon?

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pylon
  1. A gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple.
  2. A tower-like structure, usually one of a series, used to support high-voltage electricity cables.
  3. (aviation) A structure used to mount engines, missiles etc., to the underside of an aircraft wing or fuselage.
  4. (aviation, historical) A starting derrick for an aeroplane.
  5. (aviation, historical) A post, tower, etc. as on an aerodrome, or flying ground, serving to bound or mark a prescribed course of flight.
  6. An obelisk.
  7. A traffic cone.
  8. (American football) An orange marker designating one of the four corners of the end zone in American football.
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  10. Examples:
    1. “A baying mob of youths hurled abuse at firefighters as they battled a suspicious rubbish fire threatening to engulf an electricity pylon.”
      “Near the pointed corner, an external pylon bears steel beams that pierce the curtain wall to support the staircase landings inside.”
      “Buckhalter reached over the goal line with the ball extended as he leaped across the corner pylon.”
pylons
  1. plural of pylon
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The storm, which also flattened several power pylons, left much of the Eastern Cape without electricity.”
      “Other Scottish sites are located near railway lines, dumps, electricity pylons and canals.”
      “Six hundred giant pylons, spaced at 300 metre intervals, are needed simply to carry the weight of the massive 400,000 volt power lines.”
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