PYLON
- a structure for supporting power-cables [n -S]
- a tall structure marking an entrance or approach [n PYLONS]
- tower for supporting either end of usually a number of wires over a long span
- post or tower marking a prescribed course of flight for an airplane
- rigid structure on the outside of an aircraft for supporting something (as an engine or missile) see airplane illustration
- tall thin metal structure used as a support
- a usually massive gateway
- ancient Egyptian gateway building in a truncated pyramidal form
- monumental mass flanking an entranceway or an approach to a bridge