TOTEM POLE

Meaning of TOTEM POLE in English

1. a pole or post carved and painted with totemic figures, erected by Indians of the northwest coast of North America, esp. in front of their houses.

2. a hierarchical system: the bureaucratic totem pole.

[ 1875-80 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

TOTEM POLE — noun Date: 1880 a pole or pillar carved and painted with a series of totemic symbols representing family lineage and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TOTEM POLE — Carved and painted vertical log, constructed by many Northwest Coast Indian peoples. The poles display mythological images, usually animal spirits, …
Английский словарь Британика
TOTEM POLE — noun 1. a. : a pole or pillar carved and painted with a series of totemic symbols representing family lineage …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOTEM POLE — () Alt. of post
Английский словарь Webster
TOTEM POLE — pole that is carved with the mascot figures of an Indian tribe
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TOTEM POLE — Date: 1880 1. : a pole or pillar carved and painted with a series of totemic symbols representing family lineage …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TOTEM POLE — add. ·- ·alt. of totem post.
Webster English vocab
TOTEM POLE — Function: noun Date: 1880 1 : a pole or pillar carved and painted with a series of totemic symbols representing …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TOTEM POLE — ■ noun 1》 a pole on which totems are hung or on which the images of totems are carved. 2》 …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TOTEM POLE — [totem pole] n (1897) 1: a pole or pillar carved and painted with a series of totemic symbols representing family …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TOTEM POLE — carved and painted log, mounted vertically, constructed by the Indians of the Northwest Coast of the United States and Canada. …
Britannica English vocabulary
TOTEM POLE — noun 1. a tall wooden pole that has symbols and pictures (called totems ) carved or painted on it, traditionally …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOTEM POLE — ˈtotem pole BrE AmE noun [countable] 1 . a tall wooden pole with one or more totems cut or painted …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TOTEM POLE — ( totem poles) A totem pole is a long wooden pole with symbols and pictures carved and painted on it. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOTEM POLE — (~s) A ~ is a long wooden pole with symbols and pictures carved and painted on it. Totem poles are …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TOTEM POLE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Here I was, the last guy on the totem pole . ▪ The totem pole …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TOTEM POLE — Carved and painted vertical log, constructed by many Northwest Coast Indian peoples. The poles display mythological images, usually animal spirits, …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TOTEM POLE — See low on the totem pole
English Idioms vocabulary
TOTEM POLE — тотемный столб (у североамериканских индейцев) тотемный столб (у североамериканских индейцев)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TOTEM POLE — Тотемизм
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TOTEM POLE — тотемный столб ( у североамериканских индейцев )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TOTEM POLE — выходной двухтранзисторный каскад
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
TOTEM POLE — тотемный столб (у североамериканских индейцев)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TOTEM POLE — тотемный столб ( у североамериканских индейцев )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
TOTEM POLE — тотемный столб ( у североамериканских индейцев )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TOTEM POLE — тотемный столб ( у североамериканских индейцев )
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
TOTEM POLE — тотемный столб (у североамериканских индейцев)
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
TOTEM POLE — тотемный столб У индейцев Северо-Запада (штаты Аляска, Вашингтон, Орегон) деревянный столб высотой до 20 м с резными и раскрашенными изображениями животных …
TOTEM POLE — тотемный столб У индейцев Северо-Запада (штаты Аляска, Вашингтон, Орегон) деревянный столб высотой до 20 м с резными и раскрашенными изображениями …
TOTEM POLE — тотемный столб (у североамериканских индейцев) тотемный столб (у североамериканских индейцев)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TOTEM — (tó-) n totem
Interlingua English vocab
TOTEM — noun Etymology: Ojibwa ototeman his ~ Date: circa 1776 1. an object (as an animal or plant) serving as the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
POLE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) bisj pole North Pole pole construction pole vault {{link=South Pole">South Pole totem pole
Английский словарь Британика
POLE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOTEM — ˈtōd.əm, ˈtōtəm noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Ojibwa ototeman his totem 1. a. : an animal, plant, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOTEM — (n.) A rude picture, as of a bird, beast, or the like, used by the North American Indians as a …
Английский словарь Webster
POLE — (n.) A long, slender piece of wood; a tall, slender piece of timber; the stem of a small tree whose …
Английский словарь Webster
TOTEM — ( n. ) A rude picture, as of a bird, beast, or the like, used by the North American Indians …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
POLE — ( n. ) A long, slender piece of wood; a tall, slender piece of timber; the stem of a small …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TOTEM — — totemic /toh tem"ik/ , adj. — totemically , adv. /toh"teuhm/ , n. 1. a natural object or an animate …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POLE — pole 1 — poleless , adj. /pohl/ , n. , v. , poled, poling . n. 1. a long, cylindrical, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TOTEM — n. sacred emblem, representation of sacred object revered by clans and tribes
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
POLE — I. ˈpōl noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pāl stake, pole, from Latin palus stake; akin to Latin pangere …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TOTEM — noun Etymology: Ojibwa oto·te·man his totem Date: circa 1776 1. a. : an object (as an animal or plant) serving …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TOTEM — noun a rude picture, as of a bird, beast, or the like, used by the north american indians as a …
Webster English vocab
POLE — noun the firmament; the sky. 2. pole ·noun ·see polarity, and polar, ·noun. 3. pole ·vt to stir, as molten …
Webster English vocab
TOTEM — [ 'təʊtəm ] ■ noun a natural object or animal believed by a particular society to have spiritual significance and …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TOTEM — [to.tem] n [Ojibwa ototeman his totem] (ca. 1776) 1 a: an object (as an animal or plant) serving as the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
POLE
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TOTEM — totem BrE AmE ˈtəʊt əm AmE \ ˈtoʊt̬- ▷ totem|ism ˌɪz ə m ▷ totem|s z ▶ ˈ totem pole …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TOTEM — / ˈtəʊtəm; NAmE ˈtoʊ-/ noun an animal or other natural object that is chosen and respected as a special symbol …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POLE — / pəʊl; NAmE poʊl/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. a long thin straight piece of wood or metal, especially …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOTEM — to ‧ tem /ˈtəʊtəm $ ˈtoʊ-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1700-1800 ; Language: Ojibwa ; Origin: ototeman 'his …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POLE — I. pole 1 W3 /pəʊl $ poʊl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Sense 1: Language: Old English ; Origin: pal …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TOTEM — n. 1 a natural object, esp. an animal, adopted by North American Indians as an emblem of a clan or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
POLE — n. 1 (in full north pole, south pole) a each of the two points in the celestial sphere about which …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
POLE — n. & v. --n. 1 a long slender rounded piece of wood or metal, esp. with the end placed in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TOTEM — n. 1 a natural object, esp. an animal, adopted by North American Indians as an emblem of a clan or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
POLE — n. & v. n. 1 a long slender rounded piece of wood or metal, esp. with the end placed in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TOTEM — n.1 a natural object, esp. an animal, adopted by North American Indians as an emblem of a clan or an …
Oxford English vocab
POLE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a long slender rounded piece of wood or metal, esp. with the end placed …
Oxford English vocab
TOTEM — ( totems) 1. In some societies, a family’s totem is the particular animal, plant, or natural object which they regard …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOTEM — (~s) 1. In some societies, a family’s ~ is the particular animal, plant, or natural object which they regard as …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TOTEM — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES totem pole COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN animal ▪ The wolf has always been a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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