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pitheads

pitheads is the plural of pithead.

Meaning of pithead

Noun

pithead (plural pitheads)

  1. The area around the top of the mineshaft of a coal mine.
    • Since the war there has been a reallocation of output from pitheads in the North Staffordshire coalfield, resulting in a flow of coal northwards; [...].1962 September, “Remodelling of Basford Hall Yard, Crewe”, in Modern Railways, page 189
  2. A hoverfly of the genus Pipiza.

Questions about pitheads

What is pitheads the plural of?
Pitheads is the plural of pithead.

Words near pitheads in the dictionary

  1. pithas
  2. pithball
  3. pithballs
  4. pithe
  5. pithead
  6. pitheads
  7. pithecan
  8. pithecanthrope
  9. pithecanthropes
  10. pithecanthropic
  11. pithecanthropine

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