MANHOLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does manhole mean? 

• MANHOLE (noun)
  The noun MANHOLE has 1 sense:

1. a hole (usually with a flush cover) through which a person can gain access to an underground structure

  Familiarity information: MANHOLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MANHOLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hole (usually with a flush cover) through which a person can gain access to an underground structure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("manhole" is a kind of...):

hole (an opening deliberately made in or through something)

Meronyms (parts of "manhole"):

manhole cover (a flush iron cover for a manhole (as in a street))