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19 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• pylon n. A gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple.
• pylon n. (Electricity) A tower-like structure, usually one of a series, used to support high-voltage electricity cables.
• pylon n. (Architecture) A tall steel or concrete tower from which cables are strung.
• pylon n. A lighting mast; a freestanding support for floodlights.
• pylon n. (Aviation) A structure used to mount engines, missiles etc., to the underside of an aircraft wing or fuselage.
• pylon n. (Aviation, historical) A starting derrick for an aeroplane.
• pylon n. (Aviation, historical) A post, tower, etc. as on an aerodrome, or flying ground, serving to bound or…
• pylon n. An obelisk.
• pylon n. A traffic cone.
• pylon n. (American football) An orange marker designating one of the four corners of the end zone in American football.
• pylon n. (Medicine) A rigid prosthesis for the lower leg.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Polish
  • pylon n. Gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple.
  • pylon n. Pillar of a suspension or cable-stayed bridge.
  • pylon n. High, narrow, vertical sign, usually displaying advertisements, found e.g. near gas stations.

— English word, defined in French —

• pylon n. (Architecture) Pylône.

— In German —

• Pylon S. Bewegliches, kegelförmiges Verkehrszeichen zur Absperrung.
• Pylon S. Eingangstor altägyptischer Tempel oder Paläste mit festungsartigen…
• Pylon S. Pfeiler von Hänge- oder Tragseilbrücken.

— In Dutch —

• pylon n. Een oranje verkeerskegel, gebruikt bij wegwerkzaamheden.

94 English words from 14 English definitions

advertisements aerodrome aeroplane aircraft American American␣football Ancient Ancient␣Egyptian Architecture are Aviation bound bridge cable cables cable-stayed␣bridge concrete cone corners derrick designating displaying Egyptian electricity end end␣zone engines etc floodlights flying football for found four four␣corners freestanding from fuselage gas gas␣stations gateway ground high high␣voltage historical inner leg lighting like lower marker mast Medicine missiles mount narrow near obelisk of␣a of␣an one orange part Pillar post prosthesis rigid series serving sign starting stations stayed steel structure strung support suspension tall temple the to␣the tower traffic traffic␣cone underside used used␣to usually vertical voltage which wing zone

2 English words from 5 foreign definitions

Architecture Een

19 foreign words from 5 foreign definitions

Absperrung altägyptischer Bewegliches bij Eingangstor gebruikt Hänge kegelförmiges mit oder oranje Paläste Pfeiler Pylône Tempel Verkehrszeichen von wegwerkzaamheden zur

4 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

pylons pylonlike pylon␣poet pylon␣poets

3 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

propylons anchor␣pylons electricity␣pylons

5 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

campylon propylon tetrapylon anchor␣pylon electricity␣pylon

One word in word (Word found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Lon

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

LYP 'oly

12 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

openly palyno- phylon play␣on plonky Polcyn poleyn polony Polony polyna pyelon pylons

13 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

lyon Lyon noyl only -plon ploy poly -poly poly- pony Pony Pyon ynol

10 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

nylon NyLon NYLON pilon Pilon PILON Pylos Pyron xylon zylon

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

-plon Pyon

2 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

phylon pyelon

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