Meaning of DUGOUT
| Pronunciation: | | 'dug`awt
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- [n] a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground
- [n] either of two low shelters on either side of a baseball diamond where the players and coaches sit during the game
- [n] a canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log
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| | Synonyms: | | bunker, dugout canoe, pirogue |
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| | See Also: | | ballpark, canoe, fortification, fox hole, foxhole, funk hole, munition, park, shelter | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Dug"out`\, n.
1. A canoe or boat dug out from a large log. [U.S.]
A man stepped from his slender dugout. -- G. W.
Cable.
2. A place dug out.
3. A house made partly in a hillside or slighter elevation.
[Western U.S.] --Bartlett.
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| | Related Terms: | | abri, air-raid shelter, antre, approach trench, asylum, bolt-hole, bomb shelter, bombproof, bunker, burrow, cache, cave, cavern, communication trench, concealment, corner, countermine, coupure, cove, cover, covert, coverture, cranny, cubby, cubbyhole, cyclone cellar, dark corner, den, ditch, double sap, earth, entrenchment, fallout shelter, fire trench, flying sap, fortified tunnel, fosse, foxhole, funk hole, gallery, grot, grotto, hideaway, hideout, hidey hole, hiding, hiding place, hole, lair, mine, moat, niche, nook, parallel, recess, refuge, retreat, safety zone, sanctuary, sap, secret place, sewer, shelter, slit trench, stash, storm cave, storm cellar, subterrane, subway, trench, tunnel, undercovert, warren |
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