1. a small pit dug by a soldier for protection from enemy fire
Usage: military
2. a burrow or den where a fox lives

Examples

• The soldiers quickly dug foxholes to shield themselves from the artillery.
• He spent the night in a muddy foxhole during the battle.
• The fox emerged from its foxhole at dusk to hunt for food.
• We discovered an old foxhole while hiking through the forest.
• The military manual explained how to construct a proper foxhole.
• A family of foxes had made their foxhole beneath the fallen log.