manhole

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a covered opening in a street or other surface through which a worker can enter a sewer, drain, or underground utility space

   The crew lifted the manhole cover and lowered a camera into the drain.

2. 2
   noun

   an opening large enough for a person to enter the inside of a tank, boiler, vessel, or machine

   An inspector climbed through the manhole to examine the empty storage tank.

Appears in

A compound of man + hole, recorded for an opening large enough to admit a person. It was first applied to access openings in boilers, tanks, and vessels and later became especially associated with covered entrances to sewers and underground utilities.

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