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- pylon 1b
1
a
: a usually massive gateway
b
: an ancient Egyptian gateway building in a truncated pyramidal form
c
: a monumental mass flanking an entranceway or an approach to a bridge
2
a
chiefly British
: a tower for supporting either end of usually a number of wires over a long span
b
: any of various towerlike structures
3
a
: a post or tower marking a prescribed course of flight for an airplane
b
c
: one of the flexible upright markers positioned on a football field at the corners of the end zone
4
: a rigid structure on the outside of an aircraft for supporting something (such as an engine or missile) see airplane illustration
Examples of pylon in a Sentence
The bridge is supported by concrete pylons.
a row of electricity pylons
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Others have equipment for riskier bombing raids: twin pylons carrying eight 250-pound Small Diameter Bombs as well as a centerline AN/ALQ-131 electronic countermeasures pod, all complementing the four air-to-air missiles and two drop tanks.
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David Axe, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Curry hit his first 3 of the night a minute into the final frame, shaking his hand as the ball ripped pylon.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2025
The ornate entrance is known as a pylon, or two towers flanking a main entrance, according to a statement from the University of Tübingen in Germany.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Dec. 2024
The pylon at Athribis consists of two large towers flanking a central doorway.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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David Axe, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Curry hit his first 3 of the night a minute into the final frame, shaking his hand as the ball ripped pylon.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2025
The ornate entrance is known as a pylon, or two towers flanking a main entrance, according to a statement from the University of Tübingen in Germany.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Dec. 2024
The pylon at Athribis consists of two large towers flanking a central doorway.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for pylon
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“Pylon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pylon. Accessed 8 Mar. 2025.
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pylon
noun
py·lon
ˈpī-ˌlän 
-lən
1
: a tower for supporting a long span of wire
also
: any of various structures like a tower
2
: a post or tower marking a prescribed course of flight for an airplane
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