| MANHOLE | • manhole n. A hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations. • manhole n. A hole providing access to the inside of a boiler, tank etc. • manhole n. (Informal) A man’s anus, in a sexual context. |
| PINHOLE | • pinhole n. A small hole, of a size that could have been made by a pin. • pinhole n. The aperture in a pinhole camera or camera obscura. • pinhole v. (Transitive) To form one or more pinholes in. |
| DOWNHOLE | • downhole adj. Occurring in the drilled bore of an oil well either underground or undersea. • DOWNHOLE adj. pertaining to subterranean drilling equipment. |
| MANHOLES | • manholes n. Plural of manhole. • MANHOLE n. an opening large enough to admit a man for service. |
| PINHOLES | • pinholes n. Plural of pinhole. • pin-holes n. Plural of pin-hole. • PINHOLE n. a small hole made by a pin. |
| BUTTONHOLE | • buttonhole n. A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one. • buttonhole n. (Chiefly Britain) A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration. • buttonhole n. (Surgery) A small slot-like cut or incision, made for example by an accident with the scalpel. |
| PIGEONHOLE | • pigeonhole n. One of an array of compartments for housing pigeons. • pigeonhole n. (By extension) One of an array of compartments for receiving mail and other messages at a college, office, etc. • pigeonhole n. One of an array of compartments for storing scrolls at a library. |
| BUTTONHOLED | • buttonholed v. Simple past tense and past participle of buttonhole. • BUTTONHOLE v. to detain in talk, also BUTTONHOLD. |
| BUTTONHOLER | • buttonholer n. One who detains somebody in conversation against their will. • buttonholer n. An attachment for a sewing machine which automates the side-to-side and forward-and-backward motions… • BUTTONHOLER n. a person or sewing-machine attachment that makes buttonholes. |
| BUTTONHOLES | • buttonholes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buttonhole. • button-holes n. Plural of button-hole. • button␣holes n. Plural of button hole. |
| PIGEONHOLED | • pigeonholed v. Simple past tense and past participle of pigeonhole. • pigeon-holed v. Simple past tense and past participle of pigeon-hole. • PIGEONHOLE v. to place in or as if in the pigeonhole of a desk. |
| PIGEONHOLER | • pigeonholer n. One who pigeonholes. • PIGEONHOLER n. one who pigeonholes. |
| PIGEONHOLES | • pigeonholes n. Plural of pigeonhole. • pigeonholes n. The game of nineholes. • pigeonholes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pigeonhole. |
| BUTTONHOLERS | • buttonholers n. Plural of buttonholer. • BUTTONHOLER n. a person or sewing-machine attachment that makes buttonholes. |
| PIGEONHOLERS | • pigeonholers n. Plural of pigeonholer. • PIGEONHOLER n. one who pigeonholes. |