DUGOUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dugout mean? 

• DUGOUT (noun)
  The noun DUGOUT has 3 senses:

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

2. a canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log

3. a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground

  Familiarity information: DUGOUT used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DUGOUT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("dugout" is a kind of...):

shelter (a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger)

Holonyms ("dugout" is a part of...):

ballpark; park (a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

dugout; dugout canoe; pirogue

Hypernyms ("dugout" is a kind of...):

canoe (small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bunker; dugout

Hypernyms ("dugout" is a kind of...):

fortification; munition (defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dugout"):

fox hole; foxhole (a small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire)

funk hole (dugout as a place of safe retreat (when in a funk))