poll
/poʊl/ noun B2- A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.
- A formal vote held in order to ascertain the most popular choice. · The student council had a poll to see what people want served in the cafeteria.
- A polling place (usually as plural, polling places). · The polls close at 8 p.m.
- The result of the voting, the total number of votes recorded.
- The head, particularly the scalp or pate upon which hair (normally) grows.
- A mass of people, a mob or muster, considered as a head count.
- The broad or butt end of an axe or a hammer.
- The pollard or European chub, a kind of fish.
Plural polls
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