Foxhole

Quick meaning: Foxhole is a noun meaning The burrow in the ground where a fox lives.

Meaning

The burrow in the ground where a fox lives.

More Meanings

1. (military) A small pit dug into the ground as a shelter for protection against enemy fire.
2. (transitive) To dig a military foxhole into, or convert into a foxhole by digging.
3. (transitive) To drive into a military foxhole.

Example Sentences

Trogh and Charlie have started foxholing one corner of our tent, and I helped them a little.

The line was not foxholed in. This is one weakness of the Nungs. They resent digging and so they do not carry entrenching tools into the field.

The statement made during the Second World War that “there are no atheists in foxholes” is absurd. Foxholes teem with atheists—who, to be sure, frequently infringe the Third Commandment in their desperation.

[…] the vet recalled with terrible anguish a scene where he and his friend had been foxholed several dozen yards apart, with a small group of enemy soldiers (Viet Cong) coming toward them over the crest of a hill.

Word Forms

• foxholes
• fox-hole
• foxholing
• foxholed

Synonyms for foxhole

Depending on context, synonyms include dugout, fox hole.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fox hole, pit, trenching, hole, trench, ditch.

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