Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for dugout.
Definitions

dugout

[duhg-out] / ˈdʌgˌaʊt /
NOUN
hollowed area
Synonyms


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

As a Single-A manager, he was responsible for lugging a printer onto the team bus and restocking the ink so he could have scouting reports in the dugout.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

A bunch ran out of the dugout toward me and it got bigger than it needed to be.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

At 3-0, in the dugout, Clarke's assistant Steven Naismith was having certain thoughts.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Some U.S. players removed their silver medals before they even reached their dugout, as tears flowed from the Venezuelans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

And tucked along the third-base line, facing away from the school, an empty dugout.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker




Vocabulary lists containing dugout