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PITHEAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pithead mean? 

PITHEAD (noun)
  The noun PITHEAD has 1 sense:

1. the entrance to a coal mineplay

  Familiarity information: PITHEAD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PITHEAD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The entrance to a coal mine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pithead" is a kind of...):

entrance; entranceway; entree; entry; entryway (something that provides access (to get in or get out))


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