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f pit, hole( tomba) gravefossa comune mass grave* * *fossa s.f.1 ditch; trench; ( buca) pit, hole: fossa di scolo, drainage ditch; scavare una fossa, to make (o to dig) a ditch (o a pit) // (metall.) fossa di colata, (casting) pit // fossa biologica, cesspit, cesspool; fossa settica, septic tank3 ( cavità) hollow, cavity: il terreno qui forma una profonda fossa, the ground forms a deep hollow here4 ( tomba) grave: fossa comune, common (o pauper's) grave; scavava una fossa, he was digging a grave // avere un piede nella fossa, (fig.) to have one foot in the grave // scavarsi la fossa con le proprie mani, (fig.) to dig one's own grave // portare qlcu. alla fossa, (fig.) to be the cause of s.o.'s death (o to drive s.o. into the grave) // del senno di poi son piene le fosse, (prov.) it is easy to be wise after the event7 (geol., geogr.): fossa tettonica, graben (o rift valley); fossa oceanica, (deep-sea) trench (o trough).* * *['fɔssa]sostantivo femminile1) (cavità, scavo) pit, hole2) (tomba) grave3) min. (pozzo) pit4) aut. (per riparazioni) inspection pit•fossa dei leoni — lion's den (anche fig.)
- e nasali — anat. nasal passages
••avere un o essere con un piede nella fossa to be at death's door, to have one foot in the grave; scavarsi la fossa (con le proprie mani) — to dig one's own grave
* * *fossa/'fɔssa/sostantivo f.1 (cavità, scavo) pit, hole2 (tomba) grave3 min. (pozzo) pit4 aut. (per riparazioni) inspection pitavere un o essere con un piede nella fossa to be at death's door, to have one foot in the grave; scavarsi la fossa (con le proprie mani) to dig one's own grave\fossa biologica septic tank; fossa comune mass grave; fossa dei leoni lion's den (anche fig.); fossa dell'orchestra orchestra pit; fossa settica → fossa biologica; - e nasali anat. nasal passages.
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