: a hole through which one may go especially to gain access to an underground or enclosed structure
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The connections to the servers in the landing station a mile away had been installed, and a spaghetti of thick black cables lay concealed in the cube below the manhole.
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Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025
After the March spill, Veolia Water Milwaukee told the Journal Sentinel that there were numerous pipelines and manholes in close proximity at the location, and the workers picked the wrong one.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Slice was about the size of a manhole cover.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2025
That just happened to coincide with a deluge of rain, enough to flood streets in downtown Miami and Fort Lauderdale, swamp some cars and send manhole covers and drains bubbling up with excess rainwater.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
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Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025
After the March spill, Veolia Water Milwaukee told the Journal Sentinel that there were numerous pipelines and manholes in close proximity at the location, and the workers picked the wrong one.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Slice was about the size of a manhole cover.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2025
That just happened to coincide with a deluge of rain, enough to flood streets in downtown Miami and Fort Lauderdale, swamp some cars and send manhole covers and drains bubbling up with excess rainwater.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Manhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manhole. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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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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