foxhole
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6.2
- noun
- /ˈfɑksˌhoʊl/
:
trinchera
- During the battle, many men found safety in their foxholes dug into the ground.
Madison Rich and I were digging our foxholes to go to sleep that night.
- Madison Rich and I were digging our foxholes to go to sleep that night.
- Well, as they say, there are no atheists in foxholes.
- Just before they had been preparing their foxholes.
- You are the right person for my foxhole.
- So now in terms of the fish, so the fish like humans have several foxholes.
Examples
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Men were lucky if they had a single blanket to share between three men in a foxhole.
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We spent two weeks together in a Dunkirk foxhole and if it wasn't for Apple, I would still be there today.
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- Yeah, you get down in this foxhole and try and dig.
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You mean like I was digging a foxhole in the hills of Korea?
Blog text (32) -
His brother, Paul Wishart, was killed in a foxhole next to him in Aug 43.
Blog text (11) -
Once, while hiding in a foxhole near the Rhine, he imagined he saw Allie watching over him.
Fiction book (1996) -
The rain pours down on Forrest and Bubba as they sit in a foxhole.
Fiction book (1994) -
Miss Welles, a raw recruit always dives for the nearest foxhole at the first burst of enemy fire.
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His service refutes the old, persistent adage that there are no atheists in foxholes.
Academic text (2011) -
The soldiers quickly jumped into their foxhole to avoid enemy fire.
Synonyms
4
6.0
A shelter dug into the ground and covered with earth
4
9.9
A small temporary fort where soldiers defend a position
1
7.0
A small narrow space where a person can hide
1
8.3
A private place to go to relax or hide from others
A small underground shelter where people hide to stay safe during danger
A small temporary shelter soldiers use while in the field
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Morphology
Etymology
Foxhole comes from the two simple words fox and hole, because the small pits soldiers dug looked like the little holes where a fox hides, giving a strong image of a low, hidden place. So a foxhole is a small hole a soldier uses for shelter and protection from enemy fire.