Definition of "dugout" []

• A boat or canoe made of a hollowed-out log. (noun)
• A pit dug into the ground or on a hillside and used as a shelter. (noun)
• Baseball Either of two usually sunken shelters at the side of a field where the players stay while not on the field. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The roof of the dugout is a particularly good position for interesting alternative shots."
• "But the Twins 'old dugout is now filled with hundreds of blue folding chairs in long stacks, and Mr. Lester, in his 24th year in charge of the dome's day-to-day operation, admitted he feels a bit lonelier in the old place these days."
• "It also means too many of those starters begin staring into the dugout from the mound when they reach the magic sixth inning."