Definitions for footholds

footholds foot·hold

Spelling: [foo t-hohld]
IPA: /ˈfʊtˌhoʊld/

Footholds is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 182 anagrams from letters in footholds (dfhlooost).

Definitions for footholds

noun

  1. a place or support for the feet; a place where a person may stand or walk securely.
  2. a secure position, especially a firm basis for further progress or development:

Origin of footholds

First recorded in 1615-25; foot + hold1

Examples for footholds

It is so easy for him to get a foothold in a girl's heart here.

It would allow the old way of doing things to regain a foothold in this young century.

[Laughs] But, yes, I suppose Scientology has more of a foothold there than it does here.

Somewhere on the foothold of the rocks men were lurking, I made sure.

For decades, the Chinese government has had a foothold on the African continent.

He kicked into it with his feet, got a foothold, and worked the hole bigger.

But while the Paleo diet has rapidly gained a foothold in the public consciousness, it has also been criticized in the media.

A new tributary for the archic man, and a foothold in the enemy's country.

And today, unlike in the 1950s, the hard-right has gained much more of a foothold in corporate America.

He scrambled and fought desperately for foothold in the slipping earth.

Word Value for footholds
Scrable

15

Words with friends

15

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