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# dugout

noun (dugout, dugouts)

«dugout» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A dugout is a canoe made by hollowing out a tree trunk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dugout/#m1)
2. A dugout is a shelter dug in the ground, used by soldiers in war. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dugout/#m2)
3. In sports, a dugout is the low covered bench area where players and coaches sit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dugout/#m3)

### In the lessons

In history lessons, early people made dugout canoes, and soldiers in the First World War sheltered in dugouts in the trenches. In sport, baseball and football teams wait in the dugout. Phrases: «dugout canoe», «in the dugout».

### Examples

- Ancient people paddled down the river in a dugout canoe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dugout/#x1)
- The soldiers slept in a muddy dugout. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dugout/#x2)
- The coach shouted from the dugout. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dugout/#x3)
- The substitutes waited in the dugout. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dugout/#x4)
- A dugout is carved from one big tree trunk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dugout/#x5)
- The museum has a very old dugout found in a lake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dugout/#x6)

### Note

Compound from «dug» (past of «dig») + «out», written as one word. Countable. Not a number word.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dugout» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dugout/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dugout» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dugout.html) on Mova free.