Meaning & use
Beanpole
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Informally, a very tall and thin person; literally, a stake used to support climbing bean plants.
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His younger brother had grown into a lanky beanpole over the summer.
The gardener drove a row of beanpoles into the soil before planting.
A note on using this word
The figurative sense of "beanpole" for a tall, thin person plays on the image of a bare wooden stake.
Words with a similar meaning
stickstring bean
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