: a hole through which one may go especially to gain access to an underground or enclosed structure
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The sinkhole, which was nearly the size of a manhole cover, was spotted in the area near the car, the department added.
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Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
Reinforcing the manholes and covers - not all of them could be paved as the the city requires to access to some of them once the track re-opens to the public - are not the only changes this year.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
About 600 feet away from there, authorities came upon an open manhole — whose cover was knocked aside — in a field.
—David Chiu, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2024
The men crawled underground for more than a city block before exiting through a manhole.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
Reinforcing the manholes and covers - not all of them could be paved as the the city requires to access to some of them once the track re-opens to the public - are not the only changes this year.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
About 600 feet away from there, authorities came upon an open manhole — whose cover was knocked aside — in a field.
—David Chiu, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2024
The men crawled underground for more than a city block before exiting through a manhole.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Manhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manhole. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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manhole
noun
man·hole
ˈman-ˌhōl 
: a covered hole (as in a pavement, tank, or boiler) through which a worker may go
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