The pylon was about to collapse.
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Pylon
//ˈpaɪ.lɒn//
Synonyms for "pylon" (87 found)
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Related words (43)
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52 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- стълб noun (a towerlike structure used to support high-voltage electricity cables)
Czech
1 entries- stožár noun (a towerlike structure used to support high-voltage electricity cables)
Esperanto
2 entries- pilono noun (a gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple)
- pilono noun (a towerlike structure used to support high-voltage electricity cables)
Finnish
4 entries- kannatinpylväs noun (part of a bridge)
- kiinnike noun (aviation: a structure used to mount engines, missiles etc., to the underside of an aircraft wing or fuselage)
- kiinnityskohta noun (aviation: a structure used to mount engines, missiles etc., to the underside of an aircraft wing or fuselage)
- pyloni noun (a gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple)
French
2 entries- pylône noun (a gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple)
- pylône noun (a towerlike structure used to support high-voltage electricity cables)
German
2 entries- Pylon noun (a gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple)
- Strommast noun (a towerlike structure used to support high-voltage electricity cables)
Greek
3 entries- πυλώνας noun (a gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple)
- πυλώνας noun (a towerlike structure used to support high-voltage electricity cables)
- πυλώνας noun (aviation: a structure used to mount engines, missiles etc., to the underside of an aircraft wing or fuselage)
Hungarian
1 entries- pülón noun (a gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple)
Italian
3 entries- pilone noun (a gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple)
- pilone noun (a towerlike structure used to support high-voltage electricity cables)
- traliccio noun (a towerlike structure used to support high-voltage electricity cables)
Japanese
3 entries- パイロン noun (aviation: a structure used to mount engines, missiles etc., to the underside of an aircraft wing or fuselage)
- 塔門 noun (a gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple)
- 鉄塔 noun (a towerlike structure used to support high-voltage electricity cables)
Māori
3 entries- pou hiko matua noun (a towerlike structure used to support high-voltage electricity cables)
- pouhiko noun (a towerlike structure used to support high-voltage electricity cables)
- pouwaea noun (a towerlike structure used to support high-voltage electricity cables)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- pylon noun (a gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple)
Polish
1 entries- słup wysokiego napięcia noun (a towerlike structure used to support high-voltage electricity cables)
Portuguese
4 entries- pilone noun (a gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple)
- pilone noun (aviation: a structure used to mount engines, missiles etc., to the underside of an aircraft wing or fuselage)
- pilono noun (a gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple)
- poste noun (a towerlike structure used to support high-voltage electricity cables)
Romanian
1 entries- pilon noun (a gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple)
Russian
4 entries- каба́нчик noun (aviation: a structure used to mount engines, missiles etc., to the underside of an aircraft wing or fuselage)
- опо́ра noun (a towerlike structure used to support high-voltage electricity cables)
- пило́н noun (a gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple)
- пило́н noun (a towerlike structure used to support high-voltage electricity cables)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pilon noun (a gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple)
- pilon noun (part of a bridge)
- пилон noun (a gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple)
- пилон noun (part of a bridge)
Spanish
3 entries- pilote noun (part of a bridge)
- pilón noun (part of a bridge)
- torre noun (a towerlike structure used to support high-voltage electricity cables)
Swedish
1 entries- elstolpe noun (a towerlike structure used to support high-voltage electricity cables)
Turkish
3 entries- pilon noun (a gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple)
- pilon noun (a towerlike structure used to support high-voltage electricity cables)
- pilon noun (part of a bridge)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.
Source: wiktionary
After two pylonless months, July's pylon comes all the way from the hills outside Wellington, New Zealand.
Source: wiktionary
These smaller pylons have might not possess the majesty of the giant 400 kV pylons, but they have a squat charm all of their own and 132 kV was the original voltage of the National Grid when it was rolled out in the 1920s.
Source: wiktionary
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