- Types Of Speech
- You can use foothold as a noun in a sentence.
- About Foothold
- A 2 syllables noun and 8 letters with the letters d, f, h, l, o, and t, 5 consonants, 3 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters th. Foothold starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters f, fo, foo, foot, footh, and the ending characters are d, ld, old, hold, thold, . Foothold is also a double vowel (oo) word. View the double vowel words list.
- Definition
- An initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments; "the town became a beachhead in the campaign to ban smoking outdoors"; "they are presently attempting to gain a foothold in the Russian market"
- Compound Words
- A compound word, foothold has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are foot, and hold.
- Pig Latin
- Foothold in Pig Latin is said as "ootholdfay or ootholdfway".
- Unigram
- f | o | o | t | h | o | l | d
- Bigram
- fo | oo | ot | th | ho | ol | ld
- Trigram
- foo | oot | oth | tho | hol | old
- Quadrigram
- foot | ooth | otho | thol | hold
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments;
"the town became a beachhead in the campaign to ban smoking outdoors";
"they are presently attempting to gain a foothold in the Russian market" - a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing
- an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies;
"an attempt to secure a bridgehead behind enemy lines";
"the only foothold left for British troops in Europe was Gibraltar"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acropolis | the citadel in ancient Greek towns |
| Advance Guard | |
| Advantage | benefit resulting from some event or action "it turned out to my advantage" "reaping the rewards of generosity" |
| Airhead | a bridgehead seized by airborne troops |
| Atom | (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything |
| Avant Garde | |
| Bastion | projecting part of a rampart or other fortification |
| Battlefront | the line along which opposing armies face each other |
| Battle Line | |
| Bear Hug |
View all cognitive synonyms for Foothold
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Foothold | an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments "the town became a beachhead in the campaign to ban smoking outdoors" "they are presently attempting to gain a foothold in the Russian market" |
View English words with the unique letters used in foothold. Words With The Letters Dfhlot
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Accomplishment | the action of accomplishing something |
| Achievement | the action of accomplishing something |
Foothold Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With F
- Ends With D
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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