Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pole vault

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English

Syllables
pole -vault
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
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What does pole vault mean?
a jumping event contested in track and field which requires an athlete to carry a fiberglass pole down a runway, plant the pole into a vaulting box and vault over a fiberglass bar, landing on a matted pit

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