Meaning

2 senses
  1. A thin pole for supporting bean vines.

    Bohnenstange

    жердьžerdʹ

  2. (informal)A tall, thin person.

    Bohnenstange

    дылдаdylda, каланчаkalanča

Examples

2 sentences
  1. She's a beanpole.

    Вона дилда.

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  2. What business had an old beanpole like that to talk of anybody else being long and thin?

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
pole:
tall, thin person:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
pole:

Origin

From bean + pole.

From bean + pole.

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Forms

plural: beanpoles
Singularbeanpole
Pluralbeanpoles

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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