dugout
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6.0
- noun
- /ˈdʌɡaʊt/
:
refugio excavado
- To locate the dugout, Vandewalle and Jacobs tried everything from ground-penetrating radar to dowsing.
- build the dugout
And so we were sleeping right up against the dugout wall and we could sandbag our sleeping cots.
- And so we were sleeping right up against the dugout wall and we could sandbag our sleeping cots.
- And it lived in a a small dugout dwelling until they built both the, their, their early home and a blacksmith shop that still stands to this day.
- Although there are reports from German officers dugouts that had electric lamps among other luxuries.
- Because some dudes going to jump out of a, a, a dugout or from a garage and shoot your ass down with a with.
Examples
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With raised hands and without weapons, we wanted to come out of the dugout.
Academic text (2010) -
At the bottom of the canyon, not far from the Gears' home, are the ruins of a dugout stagecoach station.
Academic text (2004) -
As a result, the dugout was never used to house troops.
Academic text (2009) -
When the war ended in November 1918, the dugout was forgotten.
Academic text (2009) -
We've been trapped in a German dugout.
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Some of the farmers had to live in caves or dugouts at first.
Academic text (1992) -
The engineers reinforced the dugout with steel beams and railroad ties to shelter troops from incoming German shells.
Academic text (2009) -
Vandewalle has made documenting and exploring dugouts his life's work.
Academic text (2009) -
The soil on top of the dugout quivered like jelly and then sank inward with an enormous roar.
Fiction book (1992) -
During the battle, the soldiers took cover in their dugout to stay safe from enemy fire.
Synonyms
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4.6
A strong underground shelter built to protect people during attacks
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6.2
A small hole dug in the ground for a soldier to hide in during battle
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2.7
A hole or tunnel dug in the ground by an animal for shelter
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8.6
A shelter dug partly into the ground with a roof to live in or keep animals
A shelter partly dug into the ground with a roof for people or animals
A shelter partly dug into the ground with walls and a roof made of earth and grass
A narrow ditch in the ground soldiers use for shelter from enemy fire
A simple place where someone lives for a short time
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Etymology
Dugout comes from the parts dug + out, meaning 'dug out' of the ground. So a dugout is a shelter or pit that people make by digging into the earth to live in or to protect animals.