foxhole

noun

fox·​hole ˈfäks-ˌhōl How to pronounce foxhole (audio)
: a pit dug usually hastily for individual cover from enemy fire

Examples of foxhole in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In times of high tension, shells fly and residents hunker in fortified foxholes. Charlie Campbell / Taipei, TIME, 13 June 2024 If the fox reaches the foxhole first, though, the players lose! Keith Law, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2024 Sergeant Mullins, who now lives in Garberville, Calif., looked up from his foxhole a couple of days into the fighting and, two foxholes away, saw Pfc. Roger Cohen Laetitia Vancon, New York Times, 6 June 2024 Elsewhere, history buffs can duck into old military foxholes and meander through an open-air museum of relics left over from Chile’s near-war with Argentina in the late 1970s. Patricia Garip, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 June 2023 See all Example Sentences for foxhole 

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Word History

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of foxhole was in 1915

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“Foxhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foxhole. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.

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foxhole

noun
fox·​hole -ˌhōl How to pronounce foxhole (audio)
: a pit dug usually in a hurry for individual cover against enemy fire

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