burner vs pole

burner

noun
  • A gun. 

  • A pyrotechnic tear gas canister. 

  • An elaborate piece of graffiti. 

  • Someone or something which burns. 

  • A device that allows data or music to be stored on a CDR or CD-ROM. 

  • A device that burns fuel; e.g. a diesel engine; a hot-air balloon's propulsion system. 

  • A device that generates localized heat for experiments; a Bunsen burner. 

  • A device for burning refuse; an incinerator. 

  • An app that creates temporary phone numbers for a user. 

  • An element on a kitchen stove that generates localized heat for cooking. 

pole

noun
  • A gun. 

  • A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife. 

  • Either of the two points on the earth's surface around which it rotates; also, similar points on any other rotating object. 

  • A construction by which an animal is harnessed to a carriage. 

  • Either of the states that characterize a bipolar disorder. 

  • A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south). 

  • A fixed point relative to other points or lines. 

  • Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes. 

  • A type of basic fishing rod. 

  • A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used. 

  • Pole position. 

  • For a meromorphic function f(z), any point a for which f(z)→∞ as z→a. 

  • A unit of length, equal to a rod (¹⁄₄ chain or 5+¹⁄₂ yards). 

  • A penis. 

  • A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves. 

verb
  • To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole. 

  • To furnish with poles for support. 

  • To identify something quite precisely using a telescope. 

  • To convey on poles. 

  • To stir, as molten glass, with a pole. 

  • To strike (the ball) very hard. 

  • To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles. 

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