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panholes

panholes is the plural of panhole.

Meaning of panhole

Noun

panhole (plural panholes)

  1. A shallow depression or pothole that collects rainwater or snow melt.
    Synonyms:
    gnamma, solution pit

Proper noun capitalized: Panholes

Panholes

  1. A locality in Perth & Kinross, Scotland

Origin of panholes

Historically Panan (1240). From Pictish, with the first element being equivalent to Welsh pant (“hollow”).

Questions about panholes

What does panholes mean?
Panholes means a locality in Perth & Kinross, Scotland.
What is panholes the plural of?
Panholes is the plural of panhole.
What part of speech is panholes?
Panholes is a proper noun.

Words near panholes in the dictionary

  1. Panhellenium
  2. panhematopoietic
  3. panhidrosis
  4. Panhispanism
  5. panhole
  6. panholes
  7. Panhonlib
  8. Panhonlibco
  9. panhouse
  10. panhouses
  11. PANHs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: panholes (page history and authors); Panholes (page history and authors); panhole (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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