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dugout

Pronunciation: /ˈdʌgaʊt/
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Definition of dugout

noun

  • 1a trench that is dug and roofed over as a shelter for troops: the German gun crews kept in their dugouts
  • an underground air-raid or nuclear shelter.
  • a low shelter at the side of a sports field for a team’s coaches and substitutes.
  • 2 (also dugout canoe) a canoe made from a hollowed tree trunk.

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