manhole
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]manhole (plural manholes)
- A hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations.
- 1936, Robert Frost, “The Vindictives”, in A Further Range:
- The king had scarce ceased to writhe,
When hate gave a terrible laugh,
Like a manhole opened to Hell.
- A hole providing access to the inside of a boiler, tank etc.
- (informal) A man's anus, in a sexual context.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:manhole.
Usage notes
[edit]- In contexts such as government documents where anything that might be perceived as sexist is avoided, this has mostly been replaced by maintenance hole
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]a hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations
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