flagstaff

Everyday

A tall pole on which a flag is flown; a flagpole. tree →

In the lessons

Everyday: schools, castles, town halls and ships have flagstaffs. In The Wind in the Willows, Toad Hall has a flagstaff. Also Flagstaff, a city in Arizona, USA, where Pluto was discovered in 1930 (a name).

Examples

• The flag fluttered on top of the flagstaff. tree →
• They raised the flag up the flagstaff every morning. tree →
• Toad Hall's flagstaff stood on the roof. tree →
• Lightning struck the tall flagstaff. tree →
• Pluto was discovered at an observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. tree →
• The flag was lowered to half-mast on the flagstaff. tree →

Note

Same as «flagpole». A «staff» here is a pole or stick. «Half-mast» means the flag is lowered halfway, to show sadness when someone important has died.