Meaning

4 senses
  1. A hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations.

    Mannloch, Kontrollschacht, Einstiegsloch

    люкljuk, лазlaz

    люкljuk

    a hole (usually with a flush cover) through which a person can gain access to an underground structure

  2. A hole providing access to the inside of a boiler, tank etc.

  3. (informal)The anus of man, in a sexual context.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:manhole.

  4. The vulva or vagina of a trans man.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Manholes are round because that way they won't accidentally fall through the hole.

    deGossendeckel sind rund, weil sie so nicht durch das Loch fallen können.

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  2. Zombies started climbing from the manholes.

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  3. Ziri hid the cash in a manhole.

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  4. Tom was injured by a manhole cover explosion.

    ruТом был ранен при взрыве крышки люка.

    deTom wurde durch die Explosion eines Kanaldeckels verletzt.

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  5. We have discovered that the monsters are emerging from open manholes.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations:
Русский
By meaning 1
a hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations:

Origin

From man + hole.

From man + hole.

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