noun
definition
A hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations.
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A hole providing access to the inside of a boiler, tank etc.
definition
A man's anus, in a sexual context.
Examples of manhole in a Sentence
Stoppers have been put in one manhole and the other manhole filled with water.
One of the crewmembers entered the manhole to unclog the hose.
The water tanks for the Research were made from teak with a small manhole for cleaning.
Also a shared septic tank is located in the kitchen garden and a neighbor has a right of access to a manhole in it.
When Pat suddenly stumbles on a disused manhole behind a washing machine, she is hopeful she has found a solution.
Do not wade through high floodwaters; manhole covers may have lifted, leaving deep and dangerous unseen holes.
Goring reported problems with blocked waste pipes to the Pavilion, which did not have the necessary manhole covers on them.
Alas, tho he had opened a manhole with his robot, he had then descended into endless caverns with no apparent route out.
We abandoned our candy floss and got to work trying to lift the manhole by ourselves.
Entrance is up the gill on the right beneath a covered manhole.
The band discussed which of them would now stand on a rake, who would volunteer to plummet down an open manhole.
These are concrete pits of a few square meters, leveled flush with the ground, with some steel plates like rectangular manhole covers.
The sea was smooth, the night dark with wind from N.W., but hardly had the ships left Dunkirk when the "Sappho" blew out a manhole joint in her boiler and had to put back.
After the sweets have come away, cold water is passed through the char until no trace of lime or sulphate of lime is found in it; then a large manhole at the bottom of the cistern is opened, and the washed and spent char is removed.