dugout

Noun
Synonyms: dugout canoepiroguebunkerpithousepit-housedug-out

Open English WordNet

Noun (4)

  1. either of two low shelters on either side of a baseball diamond where the players and coaches sit during the gameType of shelterPart of ballpark, park
  2. a canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large logSynonyms: dugout canoepirogueType of canoe
  3. a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below groundSynonyms: bunkerType of fortification, munitionKinds funk hole, foxhole
  4. a shelter for humans or domesticated animals and livestock based on a hole or depression dug into the ground; can be fully recessed into the earth, with a flat roof covered by ground, semi-recessed, with a constructed wood or sod roof standing out, or dug into a hillside.“Dugouts are one of the most ancient types of human housing known to archeologists, and the same methods have evolved into modern ‘earth shelter’ technology.”Synonyms: pithousepit-housedug-outType of shelter, dwellingKinds half-dugout
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Dug′out′ (dŭg′out), noun

1. A canoe or boat dug out from a large log. U.S.

A man stepped from his slender dugout.— George W. Cable

2. A place dug out.

3. A house made partly in a hillside or slighter elevation. Western U.S. John Russell. Bartlett

4. Baseball a structure on the edge of the playing field in foul territory, partly below ground and partly above ground, open toward the playing field but roofed and with the other three sides closed. It is typically long and narrow, having benches where the players may sit when not on the playing field; as, the foul ball was tipped into the dugout.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors

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