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pithead

Meaning of "pithead" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF PITHEAD

ˈpɪtˌhɛd


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PITHEAD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pithead is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PITHEAD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pithead in the English dictionary

The definition of pithead in the dictionary is the top of a mine shaft and the buildings, hoisting gear, etc, situated around it.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PITHEAD

arrowhead · blunthead · bolthead · cathead · clarthead · fathead · flathead · flinthead · gilthead · hothead · knighthead · masthead · nethead · overhead · pothead · printhead · redhead · shithead · softhead · Whitehead

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PITHEAD

piteousness · pitfall · pith · pith helmet · pithball · pithecanthropi · pithecanthropine · pithecanthropoid · pithecanthropus · pithecoid · pithful · pithier · pithiest · pithily · pithiness · pithless · pithlike · pithoi · pithos · pithy

WORDS THAT END LIKE PITHEAD

against the head · ahead · butthead · forehead · forkhead · Gateshead · get ahead · go ahead · go-ahead · head · head-to-head · hit the nail on the head · Holyhead · jolthead · knock on the head · meathead · on one´s head · read-write head · Spithead · the go-ahead

Synonyms and antonyms of pithead in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pithead» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PITHEAD

Find out the translation of pithead to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of pithead from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pithead» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

坑口
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

pithead
570 millions of speakers
en

English

pithead
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

pithead
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pithead
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

pithead
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

mineiras
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

pithead
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

carreau
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Pithead
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Zechen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

坑口
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

갱구
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Pithead
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pithead
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

pithead
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

पायहेथ
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

maden kuyusu ağzı
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

imbocco di miniera
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

kopalnianych
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

pithead
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

miniere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανθρακωρυχείο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

steel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vid gruvor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pithead
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pithead

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PITHEAD»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of pithead
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pithead

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PITHEAD»

Discover the use of pithead in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pithead and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Generation, Distribution and Utilization of Electrical Energy
load centres to locating near the fuel pithead. Super-thermal power plants (plants with capacity 1000 MW or more) have come into existance. It has been found more economical in general to generate electrical energy near the pithead rather  ...
C. L. Wadhwa, 1989
2
On the Yard
He observed that water caused iron to rust, and frequent showering increased your chances of catching cold. His socks fermented. Pithead sullenly tormented his pimples while Red explained why it was senseless forhim todegenerate into a  ...
Malcolm Braly, 2012
3
Reports of Cases Before the High Court of Justiciary in ...
104 lbs. of coal, as weighed at the pithead, the said David Marr Mowat did pay the said Robert Knox for only 8 cwts. 56 lbs. of coal, being a loss in wages to the said Robert Knox of one halfpenny, or thereby ; (2) the said Michael M'Guigan ...
Edwin Adam, Francis Albert Umpherston, Alexander Taylor, 1895
4
Power to the People: Energy in Europe over the Last Five ...
Energy in Europe over the Last Five Centuries Astrid Kander, Paolo Malanima, Paul Warde. 50 1 8 0 0 1 8 2 0 1 9 0 0 1 9 1 0 1 8 4 0 1 8 6 0 1 8 8 0 1 8 1 0 1 8 9 0 1 8 3 0 1 8 5 0 1 8 7 0 40 London 20 30 0 10 Pithead Figure 6.9. real price of ...
Astrid Kander, Paolo Malanima, Paul Warde, 2014
5
Geographical Change and Industrial Revolution: Coalmining in ...
In the decade before 1774 there was a range of prices from lVid to 4d per cwt at the pithead with considerable variation within both the Centre and the South. This variety seems to have been sharply curtailed on the opening of the Leeds and ...
John Langton, 1979
6
The Ashio Riot of 1907: A Social History of Mining in Japan
Some threw stones at the pithead cabin, and the violent mood continued. Minami Sukematsu and Nagaoka Tsuruzo soon heard of the trouble and hurried over. They reportedly addressed the rioters "in loud voices," saying, "The crimes you ...
Kazuo Nimura, Andrew Gordon, 1997
7
Beyond Berlin: Twelve German Cities Confront the Nazi Past
while the preservation of Pithead XII was well under way, but before the related publicity campaign had kicked into high gear, two important German accounts of the degree to which the architectural profession had collaborated with the Nazis ...
Gavriel David Rosenfeld, Paul B. Jaskot, 2008
8
Engineering the Channel Tunnel
The pithead at the foot of Shakespeare Cliff lay alongside the Dover to Folkestone railway. It served two major purposes during the construction phase. The first related to tunnel spoil: some 17 million tons of chalk marl was disposed of there ...
Colin Kirkland, 1995
9
Unnatural Selection: A Collection of Darwinian Nightmares
One switch was just inside the boarded-up entrance to the pithead building and, from where he stood, he could see that all the boards were still in place. No one — no man — could touch that handle. But the other switch/lever was at the very ...
Gord Rollo, 2001
10
Last Man Out: The Story of the Springhill Mine Disaster
Now every fifteen-minute North American evening news show suddenly was able to broadcast live footage from the pithead. European networks were eager to televise the story of the mine disaster, too; the film images were processed as ...
Melissa Fay Greene, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PITHEAD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pithead is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Retro: Maltby pit's incident-packed 105 years
Situated between the old village and the pithead, the site was laid out on 'model village' lines, a central space being reserved for a village ... «The Star, Jul 15»
2
Snibston Discovery Park will shut this month
... and constructing a smaller mining museum based around the historic pithead buildings which would require £320,000 investment per year. «Hinckley Times, Jul 15»
3
Digger celebrates union's 100th anniversary as its oldest surviving …
Charles "Digger" Murphy's first job as a miner was on the pithead – at the entrance of a coal mine – when he was aged 15. Queensland law ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
4
Delhi govt hopeful to get coal block by October | Delhi NYOOOZ
... the coal block will be allocated at the earliest, following which the government would set up a pithead plant and transmit the power to Delhi. «NYOOOZ, Jul 15»
5
Former pitman appeals for return of prized helmet lost at Durham …
“Among the stickers are Coal not Dole, Support the Miners, which I put on during the Miners' Strike, as well as sticker of the Bolsover pithead ... «Durham Times, Jul 15»
6
Top Hampton Court garden to be relocated to sustainable park in Kent
Their garden, built by RDC Landscape Design & Construction, includes a replica of a lift cage, steel structures echoing the shape of the pithead ... «Horticulture Week, Jul 15»
7
Demand for power projects could revive in year 2017: Ravi Arya …
Our plants are coal pithead plants that places us only 260 km away from the coal source. The flip side of being close to coal source is that we ... «Financial Express, Jul 15»
8
Thermal power generation dips marginally in June
All these plants are non-pithead power plants. (This article was published on July 6, 2015). Related. TOPICS. energy and resource | power and distribution | ... «Hindu Business Line, Jul 15»
9
New Mining Law Could Herald Gold Rush
Sunlight shines from behind a gold mine pithead near Johannesburg. Cambodia is hoping new legislation will help it attract more investors to ... «Khmer Times, Jul 15»
10
Hadlow College: Success at annual Hampton Court Palace Flower …
Steel structures and metal cables support climbing plants to reflect the shape of the colliery pithead, while black opaque glass pillars represent ... «Kent Online, Jul 15»
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