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MANHOLE COVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does manhole cover mean? 

MANHOLE COVER (noun)
  The noun MANHOLE COVER has 1 sense:

1. a flush iron cover for a manhole (as in a street)play

  Familiarity information: MANHOLE COVER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MANHOLE COVER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A flush iron cover for a manhole (as in a street)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("manhole cover" is a kind of...):

cover; top (covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container))

Holonyms ("manhole cover" is a part of...):

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


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