manhole
(noun) a hole (usually with a flush cover) through which a person can gain access to an underground structure
Source: WordNet® 3.1
manhole (plural manholes)
A hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations.
A hole providing access to the inside of a boiler, tank etc.
(informal) A man's anus, in a sexual context.
• In contexts such as government documents where anything that might be perceived as sexist is avoided, this has mostly been replaced by maintenance hole
• Holeman
Source: Wiktionary
Man"hole`, n.
Definition: A hole through which a man may descend or creep into a drain, sewer, steam boiler, parts of machinery, etc., for cleaning or repairing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 May 2025
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
