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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPIDER HOLE

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Spider hole is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SPIDER HOLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Spider hole

A spider hole is military parlance for a camouflaged one-man foxhole, used for observation. A spider hole is typically a shoulder-deep, protective, round hole, often covered by a camouflaged lid, in which a soldier can stand and fire a weapon. A spider hole differs from a foxhole in that a foxhole is usually deeper and designed to emphasize cover rather than concealment. The term is usually understood to be an allusion to the camouflaged hole constructed by the trapdoor spider. According to United States Marine Corps historian Major Chuck Melson, the term originated in the American Civil War, when it meant a hastily-dug foxhole. Spider holes were used during World War II by Japanese forces in many Pacific battlefields, including Leyte in the Philippines and Iwo Jima. They called them "octopus pots" for a fancied resemblance to the pots used to catch octopuses in Japan. Spider holes were also used by Vietnamese Communist fighters during the Vietnam War. The American columnist William Safire claimed in the December 15, 2003, issue of the New York Times that the term originated in the Vietnam War.

Definition of spider hole in the English dictionary

The definition of spider hole in the dictionary is a foxhole with a camouflaged lid or cover in which a sniper hides.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPIDER HOLE

spicy
spide
spider
spider crab
spider mite
spider monkey
spider orchid
spider phaeton
spider plant
spider-hunting wasp
spider´s web
spiderish
spiderlike
spiderman
spidermen
spiderweb
spiderwood
spiderwork
spiderwort
spidery

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPIDER HOLE

air hole
black hole
bolt hole
bullet hole
cat hole
coal hole
doughnut hole
dry hole
funk hole
glory hole
in the hole
kettle hole
nineteenth hole
on the whole
ozone hole
rabbit hole
shot hole
snow hole
sound hole
water hole
watering hole

Synonyms and antonyms of spider hole in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «spider hole» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPIDER HOLE

Find out the translation of spider hole to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of spider hole from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «spider hole» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

蜘蛛洞
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

agujero de la araña
570 millions of speakers

English

spider hole
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मकड़ी छेद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حفرة العنكبوت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

паук отверстие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

buraco aranha
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মাকড়সা গর্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

trou d´araignée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lubang labah-labah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Spinne Loch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

クモの穴
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

거미 구멍
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lubang laba-laba
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lỗ nhện
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிலந்தி துளை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोळ्याचा छिद्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Örümcek deliği
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ragno dal buco
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

otwór pająk
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

павук отвір
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gaura păianjen
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τρύπα αράχνη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spin gat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spindel hål
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

edderkopp hull
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spider hole

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPIDER HOLE»

The term «spider hole» is normally little used and occupies the 149.279 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPIDER HOLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about spider hole

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPIDER HOLE»

Discover the use of spider hole in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spider hole and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Spider Hole
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A spider hole is U.S. military parlance for a camouflaged one-man foxhole, used for observation.
Lambert M Surhone, Mariam T Tennoe, Susan F Henssonow, 2011
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LIFE
□?3B£SE& Out Of 3 Spider hole comes Private Robert R. Jones of Fort Ord. This replacement for a trench is an adaption of a Chinese Army device plus an imitation of the trap door of a big California spider. A Slliper S net may make a soldier ...
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On The Canal
Being out of my spider hole, I was one of the first to notice two unfamiliar marines walking through our area and looking at the duds. The visitors turned out to be our ordnance people. I decided that I'd better check heads and count butts, just to  ...
Ore J. Marion, Thomas Cuddihy, Edward Cuddihy, 2004
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Remember to Die
The shooter had been hiding in a spider hole and let loose on the men when they turned to leave. “Smitty, Clark caught one. Hit that dink, he's in a spider hole off to your left. I'll pull the private out of the line of fire. Kill that bastard.” The lid on ...
Charles F. David, 2011
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Finding and Capturing Saddam Hussein: A Successful Military ...
The spider hole where I lusseiu had been hiding \\as 6 to 8 led ( 1 .<> Id 2.4 m) long and 2 to 3 feet (0.6 to 1 m) wide. It was just large enough for one person to lie clown in. Hussein wouldn't have been able to stand up in it except at the hole's  ...
Simone Payment, 2005
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Weekly World News
"There was talk of destroying the spider hole to prevent it from becoming a shrine to Saddam's followers," reveals a Pentagon source. -'But how do you 'destroy' a hole in the ground? "We decided the best option was to turn the place into a ...
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THE NEW MEDIA SURVEILLANCE - MAGNET
Sanchez proceeds: “After uncovering the spider hole, a search was conducted and Saddam Hussein was found hiding at the bottom of the hole. The spider hole is about 6 to 8 feet deep and allows enough space for a person to lie down inside  ...
Shoshana Magnet, Kelly Gates, 2013
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Black Knight Alfa: The Most Feared Infantry Company
We spied the cover of a spider hole being raised slowly. Two Charlies sprang out of it with their AKs blazing away. Unfortunately for them, my troopers spotted them immediately and blew them away. We had figured correctly that the spider ...
Fred Steen, 2001
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The Global War On Terror
After Saddam was pulled from the spider hole CNN reported that Samir said to Saddam that: “I told them, 'This is Saddam.' They didn't believe me at first. They said, 'Ask him his name.' I said, 'This is Saddam.' They said, 'No, ask him,'” Samir  ...
Todd A. Davis, 2008
10
A Touch of Home
He got his squad up to flank one of the guns and off they went. They snuck up on the flank and he had one man chuck a hand grenade into the spider hole. He figured the Japs were dead but had them spray the hole with bullets anyway.
Dennis La Boyne

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPIDER HOLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term spider hole is used in the context of the following news items.
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Endangered Spider Discovery Stops $15 Million Texas Highway …
While biologists may be rejoicing over the recent discovery of a rare spider that was ... discovery after a downpour of rain revealed a 6-foot deep spider hole. «Huffington Post, Sep 12»
2
In Iraqi town where Saddam Hussein was captured, the man who …
“I dug the hole for him,” he says, his eyes burning with pride. “The hole,” known to the world as the “spider hole,” is the tiny underground bunker on Namiq's farm ... «Washington Post, Aug 12»
3
Out of your spider hole
Women have proposed marriage, so taken are they with Warrick Angus's ability to temper the eight-legged beast. But the spider expert, who in his Taronga Zoo ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 04»
4
How Saddam Hussein was captured
Searching the compound, troops discovered a so-called "spider hole", camouflaged with bricks and dirt and covered with polystyrene and a carpet. «BBC News, Dec 03»
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Saddam's last refuge was a hole in ground
Saddam's "spider hole" was a modern-day version of the camouflaged hideouts used by Japanese soldiers to surprise U.S. Marines during World War II. «USA Today, Dec 03»

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