: a hole through which one may go especially to gain access to an underground or enclosed structure
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Roughly an hour after the original alert, an explosion at a manhole sent green flames shooting out of the ground, according to video posted to social media.
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Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2025
This includes everything from a literal t-rex, to a manhole cover, to a giant slab of sirloin, a caterpillar, and even everyone’s old green pal, Yoshi.
—Mitch Wallace, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
New York woman, children narrowly avoid manhole explosion A woman identified as a grandmother and her two grandchildren are shown narrowly avoiding a manhole explosion in Poughkeepsie.
—Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2025
An electrical issue, not a gas leak, sparked a manhole explosion that blew open a section of Poughkeepsie sidewalk seconds after a woman walked over it with two children, power company officials said Tuesday.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2025
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Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2025
This includes everything from a literal t-rex, to a manhole cover, to a giant slab of sirloin, a caterpillar, and even everyone’s old green pal, Yoshi.
—Mitch Wallace, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
New York woman, children narrowly avoid manhole explosion A woman identified as a grandmother and her two grandchildren are shown narrowly avoiding a manhole explosion in Poughkeepsie.
—Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2025
An electrical issue, not a gas leak, sparked a manhole explosion that blew open a section of Poughkeepsie sidewalk seconds after a woman walked over it with two children, power company officials said Tuesday.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2025
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“Manhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manhole. Accessed 28 May. 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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