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pithead

 

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Noun pithead has 1 sense
  1. pithead - the entrance to a coal mine
    --1 is a kind of
    entrance, entranceway, entryway, entry, entree

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Pithead

Noun

1. The area around the entrance to a coal mine.

Example sentence: The workers gathered at the pithead, ready to begin their shift.

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Adjective

1. Of or relating to a pithead.

Example sentence: The pithead office was responsible for managing the mine's operations.

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Verb

1. To transport coal from a mine to the surface.

Example sentence: The workers used a pulley system to pithead the coal up from the deep shafts.

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