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handhole

handhole is the alternative form of hand-hole.

Meaning of hand-hole

Noun

hand-hole (plural hand-holes)

  1. A small hole in a steam boiler for the insertion of the hand in cleaning, etc.

Forms of handhole

pluralhandholes

Origin of handhole

From hand + hole.

Questions about handhole

What is handhole the alternative form of?
Handhole is the alternative form of hand-hole.

Words near handhole in the dictionary

  1. handholding
  2. handholdings
  3. handholdless
  4. handholds
  5. handholdy
  6. handhole
  7. handholes
  8. handi
  9. handi wipe
  10. handi wipes
  11. handi-craftsman

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Adapted from Wiktionary: handhole (page history and authors); hand-hole (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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