DUGOUT Synonyms: 223 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of dugout

as in canoe

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as in bunker

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dug out

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verb

past tense of dig out

as in found

to come upon after searching, study, or effort she dug her old art supplies out of the basement

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as in exited

to leave a place often for another without saying where she was going, the young woman dug out early the next morning

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Recent Examples of dugout

Noun

Miguel Rojas, the Dodgers’ veteran Venezuelan infielder, was among several teammates who hugged and spoke to Alfonzo in the dugout. — Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2026 Jules Kounde appeared to take another arm to the face late on, while Didier Deschamps, the French coach, repeatedly looked over to the opposition dugout with a sigh. — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 5 July 2026

Verb

The snowball fight brought levity to the community, as people on either side of the park dug out their cars, one of the few places cars were allowed to park during the ongoing parking ban, and neighbors used snowblowers to clear sidewalks. — Wheeler Cowperthwaite, The Providence Journal, 25 Feb. 2026 Botswana has unearthed all of the world’s largest rough diamonds over the last decade, including a 2,492-carat stone discovered last year that was the second-biggest diamond ever dug out of a mine and the biggest in more than a century. — ABC News, 8 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for dugout

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Noun

Māori mythology locates Karikari as the location where the first canoes landed in New Zealand.

— Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
But Hearn took his whitewater canoe straight into the raging rapids, where officers later swooped in and arrested him.

— Jasmine Baehr , Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of canoe

Noun

This one turns out to be more of a bunker, really, carved into a Norwegian cliff face.

— Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
The 33-year-old, playing at TPC River Highlands for the ninth time, was in a bunker 80 feet from the 13th hole after his second shot on the 526-yard par-5.

— Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2026

Definition of bunker

Verb

America, whose Constitution was formulated by white men, struggled to live up to its founding ideals in the days of slavery and displacement of Native Americans.

— Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Dioz was co-founded by Johnny, 44, and his brother Tony in 2006.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026

Definition of found

Verb

The autopsy also found that a gunshot wound entered Wiley on the right side of his chest and exited on the left side of his chest, Crump said.

— Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Getty Images Two more players have exited the FC Barcelona first team fold with the start of a new month.

— Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of exited

Noun

On Friday, June 19, authorities said in a release that the Royal New Zealand Air Force's (RNZAF) P-8A Poseidon crew found the man in his 13-foot aluminum rowboat that morning.

— Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 19 June 2026
Even a rowboat can become garden gold with a little imagination.

— Marisa Suzanne Martin, The Spruce, 6 May 2026

Definition of rowboat

Noun

The red brick building, with its geometric parapet wall and barrel plank ceiling, was built in the 1930s.

— Jenna Thompson June 10, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026
That only occurs in a police state when a critical mass of disenchantment begins to see itself as the majority, and confident enough to raise its head above the parapet.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 11 May 2026

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Verb

Investigators on the case were able to track the Dodge Ram to the dealership and learned that Fleming purchased it in cash and traded in the Dodge Challenger.

— Mary Ella Hastings July 3, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 July 2026
Since this World Cup began, how many people have learned about Cape Verde, the small nation off the west coast of Africa?

— Tim Rohan, NBC news, 4 July 2026

Definition of learned

Verb

The Netherlands team departed Kansas City early Wednesday, after losing their Round of 32 match, and Algeria officially left Lawrence, even though the team has yet to play its knockout match.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
Barcelona views Alvarez as their primary target to fill the void left by Robert Lewandowski, who recently departed for Chicago Fire.

— Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

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