Manhole

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  • noun. A hole, usually with a cover, through which a person may enter a sewer, boiler, drain, or similar structure.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To enter or use a manhole, as for the purpose of examining or repairing machinery.
  • noun. A hole through which a man may enter a sewer, drain, cesspool, or the like, for cleaning or repairing; in steam-boilers, hot-water tanks, keirs, etc., a hole formed in the shell, through which a man may enter to the interior for cleaning, inspection, or repairs.
  • noun. In coal-mining: An excavation or refuge-hole made in the side of an underground engine-plane or horse-road. [Eng.] A small and generally short passage used for the ingress and egress of the miners. [Pennsylvania anthracite, region.] A niche cut in the side of a railroad-tunnel as a refuge-hole.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A hole through which a man may descend or creep into a drain, sewer, steam boiler, parts of machinery, etc., for cleaning or repairing.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a hole (usually with a flush cover) through which a person can gain access to an underground structure
    • Word Usage
    "Likewise, I am not convinced that manhole is better off as personhole."
    Form
    manhole cover  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hole  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    alleyway  cigar-box  fascial  flip-top  fly-proof  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    air hole  armhole  blowhole  bullet-hole  bunghole  
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