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polo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • pole noun A long, slender piece of wood or metal used for support or construction.
  • polo noun A team sport played on horseback, in which riders use long mallets to hit a ball into the opposing goal.

Senses

polo is used for these senses in English:

  • pole (figuratively, by extension) Any of a small set of extremes; especially, either of two extremes that are possible or available.
  • polo (uncountable) A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal.
  • polo shirt A casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar and a small number of buttons extending a short distance below the collar (and not all the way down the front of the shirt).

pole — full definition

  1. noun A long, slender piece of wood or metal used for support or construction.
  2. noun Either of the two points where the Earth's axis meets its surface, or a similar point on a magnet or field.
  3. noun A person from Poland.
  4. verb To push a boat forward using a pole.

polo — full definition

  1. noun A team sport played on horseback, in which riders use long mallets to hit a ball into the opposing goal.
  2. noun A short-sleeved, collared knit shirt, typically with a few buttons at the neck.

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