fox hole

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   a small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire

   Synonymsfoxhole

   Broaderbunker

Questions about fox hole

What does fox hole mean?

fox hole means "a small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire".

What is another word for fox hole?

Close synonyms include foxhole. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fox hole a common word?

fox hole is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.