As a noun manhole
is a hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations.
As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.
As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.
manhole
English
Noun
(
en noun)
A hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations.
Usage notes
* In contexts such as government documents where anything that might be perceived as sexist is avoided, this has mostly been replaced by maintenance hole
Derived terms
* manhole cover
x
Translingual
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(
wikipedia X)
Etymology 1
Letter
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
Symbol
(
mul-symbol)
A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
strike
Etymology 2
Possibly from skull and crossbones
Derived terms
* XXX
See also
{{Letter
, page=X
, NATO=X-ray
, Morse=–··–
, Character=X
, Braille=?
}}
Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur
Roman numerals
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