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PITHEAD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pithead mean?
• PITHEAD (noun)
The noun PITHEAD has 1 sense:
1. the entrance to a coal mine
Familiarity information: PITHEAD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The entrance to a coal mine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pithead" is a kind of...):
entrance; entranceway; entree; entry; entryway (something that provides access (to get in or get out))
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