Foxhole

Noun

 * 1)  A small pit dug into the ground as a shelter for protection against enemy fire.
 * 2) * 1962: Hoxie Neale Fairchild, Religious Trends in English Poetry: 1880–1920: Gods of a Changing Poetry, page 378 (Columbia University Press)
 * 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.⁹⁰
 * 1)  an earth; the burrow in the ground where a red fox lives.

Synonyms

 * dugout
 * fighting hole
 * spider hole

Thesaurus
abri, air-raid shelter, antre, approach trench, asylum, bolt-hole, bomb shelter, bombproof, bunker, burrow, cache, cave, cavern, communication trench, concealment, corner, countermine, coupure, cove, cover, covert, coverture, cranny, cubby, cubbyhole, cyclone cellar, dark corner, den, ditch, double sap, dugout, earth, entrenchment, fallout shelter, fire trench, flying sap, fortified tunnel, fosse, funk hole, gallery, grot, grotto, hideaway, hideout, hidey hole, hiding, hiding place, hole, lair, mine, moat, niche, nook, parallel, recess, refuge, retreat, safety zone, sanctuary, sap, secret place, sewer, shelter, slit trench, stash, storm cave, storm cellar, subterrane, subway, trench, tunnel, undercovert, warren

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