Meaning

7 senses
  1. A canoe made from a hollowed-out log.

    Einbaum

    долблёнкаdolbljónka, чёлнčoln

    a canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log

  2. (historical, slang)Someone with old-fashioned or outdated ideas, an old fogey; especially, an elderly soldier brought in for temporary service.

  3. (slang)A small portable case for equipment used to smoke marijuana.

  4. (Canadian Prairies)A pit used to catch and store rainwater or runoff.

  5. A rough dwelling consisting of an excavation in the ground, typically roofed with turf or basic sheeting.

  6. Hence, a shelter used in trench warfare, used for simple accommodation out of enemy fire.

    Erdloch, Unterstand

    око́пokóp, земля́нкаzemljánka, блинда́жblindáž

    блінда́жblindáž, криї́вкаkryjívka, земля́нкаzemljánka

  7. A sunken shelter at the side of a sports field where non-playing team members and staff can sit during a game.

    Spielerbank, Mannschaftsbank

    either of two low shelters on either side of a baseball diamond where the players and coaches sit during the game

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Tom was sitting in the dugout with his teammates.

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  2. His loneliness was as deep as the blue of the ocean around his dugout canoe.

    deSeine Einsamkeit war so tief wie das Blau des Ozeans, der seinen Einbaum umgab.

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  3. Ziri and his men cleaned the dugouts.

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  4. Indigenous Americans traveled along the coast in dugouts.

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  5. But unlike Venice, the village houses are built on sticks and dugout canoes are the main form of transportation.

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Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
shelter:
Русский
By meaning 2
canoe:
shelter:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
canoe:
shelter:
where non-playing teammembers and staff sit during a game:

Origin

From the verb phrase dug out.

From the verb phrase dug out.

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Forms

plural: dugouts
Singulardugout
Pluraldugouts

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground:bunker
  • a canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log:dugout canoepirogue
  • 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.:pithousepit-housedug-out

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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